Assessing the aftermath of postponed Palestinian elections

Palestinians demonstrate in front of the hight court in the West Bank city of Ramallah calling authorities not to postpone local elections, on September 21, 2016.
Palestinian municipal polls scheduled for October 8 were officially postponed after a court delayed a ruling on whether to hold the first vote since 2006 to include both Fatah and Hamas.

/ AFP / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Vera Baboun stands near the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem October 7, 2012. Baboun, a university lecturer, is aiming to become the first female mayor of the Palestinian town, and in the process shake up a society where men still make the laws and do the deals. She has a good chance of achieving the first goal in municipal elections being held across the West Bank on Oct. 20. Picture taken October 7, 2012. To match Feature PALESTINIANS-ELECTIONS/WOMEN REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WES

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Assessing the aftermath of postponed Palestinian elections

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