Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday that the contacts the Palestinian Authority is holding in order to pressure Israel to allow the Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in "occupied Jerusalem" will continue until the PA leadership meeting on Thursday, where its position on the election will be determined.
Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio, Abu Rudeineh said that Israel has not yet allowed the European Union to send observers to the elections, and in particular to the polling stations in eastern Jerusalem.
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