Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027

November 2026 vote delayed and joint presidential and legislative elections set for next year, president says in decree.Published On 10 Oct 202610 Oct 2026President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council for almost another year.According to the decree, legislative elections planned for next month will be combined with a presidential vote and set for September 11, 2027, Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, said on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mahmoud Abbas: What will it take to ‘protect’ Palestine?list 2 of 4Gaza ceasefire ‘exists in name only’, more than 100 NGOs saylist 3 of 4A year after the ‘ceasefire’, Gaza’s healthcare is still collapsinglist 4 of 4What has Trump’s Board of Peace achieved in a year since Gaza ‘ceasefire’?end of listThe long-awaited parliamentary vote was originally set for November 28, with a presidential election expected in early 2027.The decree came after a committee of top Palestinian officials met on Saturday morning to discuss postponing the vote.The Palestine Liberation Organizati...