PA requests election access Levy questions its motives

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Elior Levy reports an official Palestinian Authority request for Israel to allow Palestinian election-committee members into East Jerusalem and Gaza ahead of PA elections. He interprets its anniversary-week timing as an attempt to obtain an Israeli refusal, cancel the election and shift blame. He attributes that calculation to a Hamas–Dahlan joint slate that polling could show defeating Fatah. No Israeli refusal, actual cancellation or election result is reported; the motive and popularity assessments are Levy's.

Elior Levy reports that the Palestinian Authority officially asked Israel to let its election-committee members enter East Jerusalem and Gaza ahead of PA elections. He interprets the anniversary-week request as seeking an Israeli refusal and an excuse to cancel, given a Hamas–Dahlan slate that could defeat Fatah. No Israeli response or cancellation is established. The submission date is not specified.