Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that his movement gave a positive response to the election plan for Palestinian Arab institutions that was sent by Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas through the head of the Central Election Commission, Hanna Nasser.
"All we long for is successful elections and for them to be held in Gaza, the West Bank and al-Quds (eastern Jerusalem) as there is no meaning for elections without al-Quds, and this is not acceptable to the Fatah movement, to the Hamas movement, or any of the other Palestinian organizations," Haniyeh said.
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