Hamas wins student election at university near Ramallah

Hamas supporters celebrated on Thursday a landslide student election win at Birzeit University, near Ramallah, AFP reported.

Hamas's Al Wafaa' Islamic bloc won 28 of the 51 seats on the student council at Birzeit University. The bloc aligned with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement won just 18 seats, according to AFP.