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	Mahmoud Abbas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		With his main contender, Marwan Bargouti, dropping out of the race, Abbas' election was virtually ensured, and on January 9 Abbas was elected with 62% of the vote as the new president of the Palestinian Authority.
		On April 9 2005, Abbas said that the killing of three Palestinians in southern Gaza by Israeli soldiers is a deliberate violation of the declared ceasefire deal.
		Abbas said the Palestinian children "are as precious to their parents as the Israeli children to their parents." Condemning the Israeli shooting as "unjustified", Abbas urged Israel to take serious actions to show commitment to the truce.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mahmoud_Abbas (2349 words)

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		The Palestinian elections were held in the shadow of Israeli occupation and its oppressive procedures and practices.
		The elections were held in the absence of the rule of law and amidst security lapses that have spread since the occupation authorities proceeded to destroy security agencies’ headquarters and prisons, and to prevent the security forces from traveling easily or appearing armed and in uniform.
		In the area of election campaigning, the provisions of the law related to campaigning must be activated, especially to prohibit interference by official parties in the election campaign, and to set a financial ceiling and to specify financial disclosure by all candidates, whether or not they win.
	www.pngo.net /elections/PICCR_Palestinian_Presidential_Elections.htm (6320 words)

	5,367: An Election in Jerusalem
		A 39-minute documentary on last January's presidential election and observer tour, titled "5,367: An Election in Jerusalem,” is now available, and we are circulating it to PBS and direct satellite stations.
		On the eve of Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for January 25, 2006, and the threat from Israeli authorities to prevent Palestinian Jerusalemites from participating, numerous news reports have cited Israel's permission to allow all elligible Palestinian voters to vote in Jerusalem in the presidential elections of 2005.
		This program follows a delegation of election observers from the US Council for the National Interest during that election, and offers startling evidence of the degree to which Israeli policies were implemented to disenfranchise the more than 100,000 eligible voters in Jerusalem.
	www.cnionline.org /pubs/documentaries/election2005/index.htm (228 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		Following President Arafat's death and the announcement that a presidential election was to be held, the CEC reopened voter registration on November 24 to accommodate voters who had not previously registered, but who wished to vote in the presidential election.
		However, due to the condensed timeframe for the presidential election, it was not possible to complete independent verifications of the registry, although the NDI mission intends to conduct such activities before further elections are held.
		The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) amended the Election Law after the date for the presidential election was set, requiring the CEC to complement the new voter registration list with the civil registry.
	www.accessdemocracy.org /library/1791_wegz_prelim_011005.html (4440 words)

	Evaluations and Lessons Learned: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Election campaign for the Palestinian Presidential ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is part of efforts of monitoring on all stages of Palestinian elections made by PCHR in cooperation with a number of civil society groups.
		Before and during the election campaign for the Palestinian presidential election, IOF perpetrated a series of violations of human rights that directly impacted on the electoral process in general and the election campaign in particular.
		In addition, two candidates for the presidential election, 'Abdul Karim Shubair and al-Sayed Baraka, were prevented from traveling from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank and to move freely among electoral constituencies, in violation of their campaigning right.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6AG3BL?OpenDocument (1139 words)

	The Militant - January 25, 2005 -- Abbas elected Palestinian president
		Mahmoud Abbas won the January 9 Palestinian presidential election with 62 percent of the vote against his closest rival’s 20 percent.
		Hundreds of election observers from abroad were on hand to put their stamp of approval on the results.
		The election of a Palestinian Authority president that the Israeli government can “work with” marks another step in the “peace” process between Tel Aviv and the PLO that started with the 1993 Oslo accord.
	www.themilitant.com /2005/6903/690304.html (1470 words)

	Evaluations and Lessons Learned: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestinian presidential election 2005: An evaluation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On 9 January 2005, the Palestinian electorate went to the polls to vote in the first presidential election under the PNA since 1996.
		This report details the conclusions of monitoring conducted by PCHR throughout polling and during the counting of votes in the Palestinian presidential election in the Gaza Strip.
		The conclusion of our monitoring was that the election took place peacefully, reflecting high-levels of organization, despite a number of violations by the CEC and supporters of a number of candidates and partisan entities.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6DK53Q?OpenDocument (1689 words)

	CNN.com - Palestinian moderate Abbas claims victory - Jan 9, 2005
		Palestinian leaders called the election, which took place at 1,077 polling sites, the most transparent in modern Arab history.
		One reason Palestinian leaders were concerned about turnout was that they want the winner to have the clear support of the Palestinian people.
		He said the ink used to identify which Palestinians have voted was easily removable and could result in multiple votes by the same person.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/09/palestinian.elections/index.html (942 words)

	Abbas claims victory in Palestinian election. 10/01/2005. ABC News Online
		Mahmoud Abbas has declared victory in the Palestinian presidential election and dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the iconic leader he is replacing.
		"Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Gaza took a key step toward building a democratic future by choosing a new president in elections that observers describe as largely free and fair," Mr Bush said in a statement.
		Exit polls are pointing to a landslide victory in the Palestinian presidential election for former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200501/s1279187.htm (485 words)

	Palestinian Elections: A Report from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Today, 9 January 2005, PCHR has published a report evaluating the election campaign for the Palestinian presidential election and related violations of the regulations prescribed by the electoral law concerning this campaign.
		It includes a comprehensive evaluation of the election campaign during the official period with regard to: regulations of the election campaign; intervention by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and its security services into the campaign; campaigning in the official media; security of the campaign; and the effects of the political environment on the campaign.
		Israeli practices impacted on the election campaigns of all candidates, in particular restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation forces on the freedom of movement impacted on the ability of candidates to move freely among electoral constituencies for campaigning.
	www.grassrootsonline.org /gol_0105_electionspchr.html (520 words)

	CNN.com - Abbas declared victor in Palestinian election - Jan 10, 2005
		The former Palestinian prime minister said during the campaign that he wanted to meet soon with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to discuss the resumption of peace negotiations.
		The elections commission called the election results provisional because of a large number of complaints and doubts about the accuracy of the voter registry, but regional and international leaders praised Sunday's balloting as paving new ground in the Arab world.
		Palestinian leaders called the elections the most transparent in modern Arab history, and international observers said they could be the first truly democratic Arab elections.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/10/palestinian.elections (866 words)

	MIFTAH.ORG--The Palestinian Presidential Election: Exercising Democracy Under Occupation
		Israel used other tactics to limit voting in Jerusalem, such as leading Palestinians to believe that their identification cards, which allow them to reside in the city, would be revoked if they participated in the election.
		Buttu explained the increased support for Abbas resulted from the rising support for Fatah among Palestinians due to its smooth handling of the power transitions within the PLO and the PA following President Yasser Arafat's death, as well as the promptness with which elections were held.
		Thus, Buttu said, Palestinians voted for a new president of the PA (which has jurisdiction only over the Occupied Territories and the Palestinians living therein), not a new leader per se.
	www.miftah.org /PrinterF.cfm?DocId=6320 (990 words)

	Palestinian legislative election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notwithstanding the 2005 municipal elections and the January 9, 2005 presidential election, this was the first election to the PLC since 1996; subsequent elections had been repeatedly postponed due to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
		Palestinian voters in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including East Jerusalem were eligible to participate in the election.
		On December 21, 2005, Israeli officials stated their intention to prevent voting in East Jerusalem, which, unlike most of the Palestinian-inhabited areas that are planned to participate in the election, is under Israeli civil and military control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestinian_legislative_election,_2006 (1969 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Abbas Declared Winner in Historic Palestinian Election -- January 10, 2005
		In the election considered by many Palestinians and international officials as a milestone in bringing democracy to the Arab world, Abbas -- the candidate of the dominant Palestinian political party Fatah -- won 65 percent of ballots cast, election officials said.
		Overall, the election was marked by far fewer problems than many Palestinian organizations had predicted, although voter turnout was so low at mid-afternoon that the Palestinian Election Commission extended voting by two hours.
		Abbas is expected to be sworn in as head of the Palestinian Authority at a session of parliament on Wednesday.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/palestinian_01-10-05.html (558 words)

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		This had negative reflections on the Palestinian Publics’ trust of the credibility of using the civil record as the basis for the elections in the specialized 70 centers which were opened to give the chance for non-registered citizens to vote using their I.D., according to their place of residency.
		The Central Election Commission ensured its neutral and un-bias supervision to the process by making sure that the information disseminated, and the means utilized to distribute it, where of equal benefit and just nature to all candidates and their supporters.
		Overall Integrity of the Election Process Overall integrity of the process of Palestinian elections was measured based on adherence to the law and to instructions that regulated the process, whether the party in question was the Central Election Commission, the candidates and their parties, or the voters.
	www.aman-palestine.org /english/documents/amanRptElection.doc (1437 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Voting Extended in Palestinian Presidential Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		JERUSALEM - Voting in Sunday's Palestinian presidential election was extended on Sunday amid charges that some voters are being held up by Israeli checkpoints.
		Palestinian election officials gave voters an extra two hours to reach polling sites in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
		At least 1.8 million Palestinians are eligible to vote but early exit polls suggest turnout has been low.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-9/25612.html (144 words)

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		On the invitation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, more than 22,000 local and 1,000 international observers, both diplomatic and non-governmental, gathered in the occupied territories with the single, unified aim of seeking to ensure that the Palestinian presidential election was effective, democratic and free.
		Their task was two-fold: to monitor the logistics and procedures as administered by the CEC and, on the other hand, given that the territories are under illegal occupation, to observe any acts of interference or obstruction by the Israeli government or security forces.
		Just three days before election day, cooperation between the observers and the electoral committee was proven when the UNDP Observers Mission Liaison Commission and the CEC held a joint conference in Ramallah stating the main aims and obstacles.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2005/01/15/17148101.php?printable=true (720 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute
		Throughout the elections, NDI conducted a variety of campaign schools and consultations that concentrated on applicable skills such as: organizing a campaign team, building a field organization, campaign planning, targeting and research, developing and implementing a voter contact strategy, communications strategies, selecting and preparing candidates, and fundraising.
		Prior to the 2005 presidential elections, NDI mediated efforts that led to the signing of a code of conduct between 12 Palestinian factions, the first time such an agreement was achieved.
		A joint NDI and Carter Center delegation for the 2005 Palestinian presidential elections, led by former United States President Jimmy Carter, former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, and former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/mena/gaza/gaza.asp (858 words)

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		PCHR, as an observation body accredited by the CEC, participated in monitoring the Palestinian presidential election, which was held on 9 January 2005.
		PCHR is also preparing to monitor the fourth stage of the elections of local councils, which will be held on 15 December 2005 and will include 42 local councils, including 3 in the Gaza Strip.
		Many of PCHR observers participated in the campaign led by PCHR to monitor the presidential election and the two stages of elections of local councils in the Gaza Strip.
	www.pchrgaza.org /files/PressR/English/2005/141-2005.htm (352 words)

	Official Observer Delegation for January 9 Palestinian Presidential Election
		The United States is sending an Official U.S. Observer Delegation to the January 9, 2005 Palestinian Presidential Election.
		This outcome will require close coordination between Israel and the Palestinians, and we are working with both parties to support successful administration of the election.
		We recognize the extent of Israeli and Palestinian cooperative efforts during the period leading to the elections.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2005/40296.htm (279 words)

	Analysis: East Jerusalem Prepares for Palestinian Presidential Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI (Presidential Candidate): Maybe these are the first real democratic elections in the whole of the Arab world where a democratic opposition movement is challenging the top person in the existing authority.
		Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi said the voting system itself at post offices seems intended to suggest that East Jerusalem has nothing to do with the West Bank.
		HANAN ASHRAWI (Palestinian Lawmaker): It is creating the impression that the Palestinians here are visitors in Israel who are mailing their absentee ballots to Palestine rather than Palestinians who are legitimately living in Jerusalem and voting in occupied territories.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/transcripts/2005/jan/050107.kenyon.html (874 words)

	SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONGRATULATES PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ON PARTICIPATION IN RECENT ELECTION
		The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the recent Palestinian Presidential election, and congratulated the Palestinian people “who demonstrated their commitment to democracy by participating in the election under challenging conditions”.
		Council members also congratulated the newly elected President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and pledged support for the Authority’s efforts to strengthen Palestinian institutions, he said. They looked forward to the convening of Palestinian legislative elections in the near future and affirmed their continuing support for the Palestinian people in their democratic process.
		He said that both Israelis and Palestinians had a lot of work ahead of them, and, while their respective new leaderships were in a position to carry out much of it, they would continue to need help from the international community.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2005/sc8292.doc.htm (2031 words)

	Free and Fair Palestinian Elections not Possible Under Military Occupation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yesterday, in the Gaza Strip seven Palestinian civilians, five of them children, were killed by an Israeli tank shell in Beit Lahia.
		The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) is conducting a door-to-door campaign in an attempt to register East Jerusalem voters.
		Only four days before the election, Presidential candidates are still struggling to obtain Israeli permits to campaign in East Jerusalem.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /new_web/free_fair_palestinian_elections.htm (396 words)

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		The January 25 elections for the Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority are the first since 1996.
		Fatah has suffered internal strife in advance of the 2006 elections between the traditional leadership (the Old Guard) and younger personalities, such as Mohammad Dahlan and the imprisoned Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for terrorism.
		The list is headed by the former Palestinian Finance Minister, Dr. Salam Fayyad and former PA Minister of Higher Education and Research Hanan Ashrawi.
	www.adl.org /main_israel/palestinian_parties_2006.htm (769 words)

	Arafat's Legacy and the 2005 Palestinian Election, UCLA International Institute
		However, the Arab states continued to claim to represent the Palestinian people, and indeed continued to claim the territory of Palestine: it was not until the late 1980s that Jordan renounced its claim to the West Bank and Egypt its claim to the Gaza Strip.
		Professor Stein argued that the Oslo Accords were predicated upon an exchange: Arafat agreed that the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) would recognize Israel in exchange for the United States (and Israel) recognizing Arafat as the leader of the Palestinians.
		Professor Stein emphasized that voter turnout in the Palestinian elections (that is, the proportion of registered voters who actually vote) has been remarkably high, ranging from 85.1 percent in the 1972 municipal elections to 70 percent in the 2005 presidential election.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=20349 (1243 words)

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