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Office

Does anyone know how long the terms are for each office? And when they actually take office?

The answer is actually not straightforward: The Palestinian Basic Law and the Elections Law do not provide a clear answer to this, and they are somewhat contradictory. Presidential term is limited to four years, but the date of the next elections is tied to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) election. Taking into account that President Abbas was elected in January 2005, this means that his presidency will need to be terminated in January 2009 in order to be compliant with the law. However, The Elections Laws confirm the four year limit, but they also state that the next Presidential elections will be held at the same time as the PLC elections. As the term for the PLC elections is also four years and the PLC was elected in January 2006, this would mean that the next Presidential and PLC elections will be held in January 2010.

You can more here: http://www.palestinianbasiclaw.org/downloads/when_are_the_next_palestinian_elections_qa_ifes_jun_08.pdf Potjernik (talk) 05:21, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please transliterate the arabic list names into arabic transliteration (like in the case of Fatah)?

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The result of the move request was: No move. Cúchullain ^t/c 18:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Elections in the Palestinian National Authority → Elections of the Palestinian National Authority – The conciseness at Talk:Palestinian_National_Authority#Organization_or_Place.3F and seams to overwhelmingly be that the PNA is a "government", rather then a place like Hong Kong or Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Palestinian_National_Authority article would seam to back that up, so "of" would be more arcerate then "in". Also, the vast majority of our "Palestinian National Authority" articles say "of" rather then "in" (look up intitle:of the Palestinian National Authority and intitle:in the Palestinian National Authority). Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 15:19, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The current title would be rather like saying "Elections in the Government of Hong Kong". Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 16:51, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is a bit muddled for me. Do PNA elections cover the West Bank, Gaza Strip, or both? My impression was that the PNA controlled the former and Hamas the latter, but the Hamas victory in 2006 is mentioned here. If the article only covers the West Bank, I'd support the proposal as given. If it describes elections in the whole Palestinian territories, I'd suggest Elections in the Palestinian territories as a better name. --BDD (talk) 17:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Hadn't thought of that. That would be just as much an issue with the propose title as it is with the current one however so that's not an argument against changing "in to "of" tough. I have no objections against BDD's idea, I don't know if this article covers the post-2007 Gaza Strip. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 17:30, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The last discussion about distinguishing the Hamas and Fatah regimes ended in no conciseness, so let's keep this distinction about "in" vs "of", and save weather to distinguish the Hamas and Fath regimes for another discussion. I don't expect my proposal to be too controversial, whereas BDD's might be allot more controversial. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 17:46, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are they electing officials in the PNA? If they are, which seems to be the case, the title as it stands works fine. The article does has problems, as it's not clear what scope the elections cover (all of the PT, PNA-controlled regions, etc.?) ~Araignee (talk • contribs) 18:58, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thar electing officials such as the President of the Palestinian National Authority not the President in the Palestinian National Authority. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:28, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with "Elections in the Palestinian territories", because it only brings vagueness to the topic. Whether the PNA has in practice authority in both WB and Gaza or only in the WB is irrelevant for the title - the PNA elections are held wherever PNA has authority to organize such elections. In the article itself it will be explained (e.g. "PNA agreed with Hamas to have elections in Gaza" or "Hamas contests Fatah-led PNA leadership and will organize its own separate elections in Gaza" or whatever the situation is - and depending on the case there may be a separate election page, if needed). Regarding in vs. of - I agree with both, but I'm not a native English speaker. Japinderum (talk) 06:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

President of the Palestinian National Authority is same weight as President of Syria, President of Egypt, President of Russia etc.Greyshark09 (talk) 12:12, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment; at the PNA article I have argued to view PNA as a polity entity not a country (the geographic location would be oPt or Palestine). However, I think this article is an example were PNA is the proper term to use (albeit there were some municipal elections organized prior to the PNA, which would fall outside the article). The difference between 'in the PNA' or 'of the PNA' isn't that big in this case, as 'in the PNA' can mean 'within the PNA'. Also do notice that Gaza is still very much part of the territory under PNA jurisdiction, Hamas govt never declared themselves as separate from PNA. On the contrary they claim to represent the legitimate PNA govt (and their case is not necessarily weaker than the Fatah-led rule in Ramallah). --Soman (talk) 20:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- "Of" just seams more accurate then "in" because the PNA is an administrative organization, not a place. I guess it comes down to the question of can the word "in" be used like this, for an the elections of an organization, and if so would it be better to use "of"? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:23, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per ongoing discussion at Talk:Palestinian_National_Authority#Organization_or_Place_entity.3F on the issue whether PNA is an entity or just and organization.Greyshark09 (talk) 12:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Not very ongoing, conciseness is overwhelming that the PNA is an organization, and not a place. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 13:52, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - reformulated discussion ongoing at Talk:Palestinian National Authority.Greyshark09 (talk) 05:59, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - PNA is also a geographycal entity. Pluto2012 (talk) 12:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Article title again

I propose to change the title into Elections in the State of Palestine. I think the former discussion was improper.
The article also covers Gaza; PNA elections were also held there. Even if elections for a Hamas-government occur (were they elected democratic?), they happen in Palestine.
There can be/should be a separate section about elections of a Hamas-government. --Wickey-nl (talk) 07:58, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the current title is absolute nonsense, because elections in the Palestinian National Authority literally means elections within the PNA by PNA-members.--Wickey-nl (talk) 08:52, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

After rethink I adapt my proposal. Although Elections in the State of Palestine technically would be correct, as it is exactly the same territory, it is proper to choose Elections in the occupied Palestinian territories. We can wait for elections in the State of Palestine, and if they happen write a new article.

In any case the title should refer to a territory, which the PNA clearly is not. --Wickey-nl (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You should put an official proposal and invite everyone from the previous vote to make it happen without a rightful objection. The issue is very much problematic.Greyshark09 (talk) 15:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Elections in Palestine. While this alternative proposal came a bit late in the game, it seems to have a consensus. No such user (talk) 08:11, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Elections in the Palestinian National Authority → Elections in the State of Palestine – Per above. Charles Essie (talk) 16:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Araignee, BDD, Emmette Hernandez Coleman, Greyshark09, Japinderum, Pluto2012, Soman, and Wickey-nl: I welcome your input due to your participation in past discussions. Charles Essie (talk) 16:23, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - there were elections in the Palestinian National Authority. We cannot change this retroactively to Elections in the State of Palestine, especially that there have never been such elections.GreyShark (dibra) 19:24, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The State of Palestine is a de jure sovereign state and the Palestinian National Authority is its government and since 2013, the PNA only uses the name "State of Palestine" so they're essentially one in the same. Plus new local elections are coming in October. Charles Essie (talk) 03:23, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Palestinian National Authority is/was de-facto and de-jure an autonomous geopolitical entity, created in 1994 pursuant to the Oslo Accords, with government seated in Ramallah. Since January 2013, PLO status was upgraded to "State of Palestine" non-member observer at the UN with parallel rename of PNA to SOP by the decree of Mahmud Abbas, followed by merger of many functions of PLO and PNA under SOP umbrella. State of Palestine originally was only declarational and had no status in UN, but since 2013 is a de-jure and de-facto pseudo-state entity.GreyShark (dibra) 10:28, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support as this is the current name of the entity; articles like this ("Politics of", "Elections in" etc) always match the current name even if events took place when they had a different name/status. For example, Elections in Botswana covers the era when it was called Bechuanaland. Number 5 7 19:01, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to Elections in Palestine, this is the standard naming practice at Wikipedia, we use 'Elections in X-country'. Palestine is a country and a state with recognition of the majority of UN members. There is no need to distinguish 'State of Palestine' and 'Palestine', just as there isn't a need to distinguish between the 'Federal Republic of Germany' and 'Germany' anymore. --Soman (talk) 08:18, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support alternate move to Elections in Palestine. Clear and concise, doesn't need to go into administrative or political details; they are elections and they take place in Palestine. — JFG ^talk 00:54, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be okay with Elections in Palestine. Charles Essie (talk) 03:01, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge

Propose to merge Next Palestinian general election, as a long obsolete page, into this article Elections in Palestine. Just to remind you - there have been no elections in Palestinian Authority since 2006 and everything else is speculations until the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation process is finalized.GreyShark (dibra) 17:54, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Againme, Activism1234, Number 57, and BabbaQ: pinging participants of talk page discussions on the source merge page.GreyShark (dibra) 18:07, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't support this. There's nothing wrong with having a page about a future election even if the date isn't set. There's plenty for it to cover (with reliable sources) given the repeated promise to hold them and then postponements. Number 5 7 18:13, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I see no reason for merging. As the elections are certain to happen sooner or later.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:29, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"Elections in Palestine" implies a much wider scope

With "Elections in Palestine" being the title, shouldn't this article have a broader scope than just elections for the Palestinian National Authority? I rewrote the Palestine section of Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa by beginning with a discussion of elections held in Palestine during the Ottoman Empire. However, it seems like Wikipedia is missing coverage of this topic. I think this article could benefit from discussing elections that took place in Palestine in the 19th and early 20th centuries too. JasonMacker (talk) 23:59, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elections in Mandatory Palestine include elections to Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine). HudecEmil (talk) 10:12, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]