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May 11, 2017       Share:    

Source: http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=776984

Hamas Wins Student Council Elections at Birzeit University in West Bank

(Ma'an News-PA) The Islamic Bloc affiliated with Hamas won 25 of 51 seats in student council elections at Birzeit University in the West Bank on Wednesday, marking the third year in a row that the Islamist faction beat the Fatah-affiliated Martyr Yasser Arafat faction, which won 22 seats. The list affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) won four seats. Some believe the popularity of Hamas-affiliated groups among university students is not as much due to growing support for Islamist ideologies as it is a rejection of the Fatah-led PA.

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