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A series of local, party and national elections are set to take place in Palestine and for Palestinians around the world in 2026. The elections were confirmed with a presidential decree issued on Monday. In addition to the municipal elections set to take place on April 25, elections for the all-important Palestinian National Council, which is often referred to as the Palestinian parliament in exile, will take place on Nov. 1.
While the diaspora elections will take place where possible around the world, the West Bank and Gaza representatives in the Palestinian National Council will be decided in Palestinian legislative elections that will also presumably take place on Nov. 1. It is unclear if presidential elections will take place on the same day or if the newly elected parliament will be asked to decide and confirm the president of the state of Palestine.
In addition, the powerful Fatah movement, to which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the imprisoned Marwan Barghouti belong, will hold its long-awaited eighth congress on May 14 in Ramallah.
The Barghouti wing of the Fatah movement is likely to win big when the movement holds its repeatedly delayed congress
