Palestinians to vote in first elections since Gaza war

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Al-Monitor

Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Gaza's Deir el-Balah area, according to the Ramallah-based Central Elections Commission.Most electoral lists are aligned with president Mahmud Abbas's secular-nationalist Fatah party or running as independents.