Palestinian election fever begins, minus the elections
Some Palestinians are gearing up for elections, yet the chance of them taking place in the near future is slim.
Nabil Amr hopes elections will take place in Palestine in 2020. The former Palestinian minister of information has started his own election campaign on social media. Amr opened his campaign on Facebook with a discussion of US attempts to legitimize Israeli settlements. Dressed in a dark suit with a blue tie, with his bookshelves as a backdrop, the clean-shaven Amr spoke with the confidence and ease of a radio announcer, as he once was. He told his audience that he would be making regular short appearances to introduce himself to Palestinians and to discuss many important topics.
Amr's Nov. 20 video garnered nearly 8,000 views, 81 comments, 30 shares and 529 emojis. Three days later, Amr, also a former ambassador to the USSR and Egypt, was back on social media talking about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He swapped his dark suit for a light blue sports jacket, minus the tie, but with the same bookshelf backdrop. This Nov. 23 video received a little more than 6,000 views, 30 comments, 23 shares and 342 emojis.
