Palestinian municipal vote no indicator of public opinion

Elections for municipal councils throughout the West Bank and in one Gaza Strip city, Deir Al-Balah, will be held on Saturday. These will be the fifth local elections since the creation of the Central Elections Commission following the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1993. Before the creation of a Palestinian government, municipal elections provided a rare platform to gauge public opinion. Elected mayors and councils often carried the political aspirations of Palestinians for freedom and self-determination.

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