### [2026-06-15](/feed/2026/06/15/index.md)

##### Elections in Palestine
# Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas issues a decree scheduling legislative elections for November, the first since 2006, and presidential elections for early 2027, the first since 2005. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Arab News Japan](https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/article_172217/)

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