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Source: http://en.rfi.fr/contenu/20190909-israel-returns-polls-palestinian-democracy-stasis
Israel Returns to the Polls, while Palestinian Democracy Is Frozen
(AFP-RFI-France) When Israelis vote next week it will be their sixth general election since 2006, when Palestinians last had the chance to cast ballots in parliamentary polls. 30-year-old Palestinians have never had the opportunity to choose their leadership. "For both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, governing without elections is very comfortable. The split provides a cover - you can say you want elections but the other side doesn't," said Khalil Shikaki, a prominent Palestinian pollster. Shikaki's polling found little optimism about new PA elections, but also that democracy was not a top priority.