The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, described on Friday 30 April the decision to postpone the Palestinian elections, including the legislative elections originally scheduled for 22 May, as “deeply disappointing” (see EUROPE B12638A17).
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on the night of 29-30 April a postponement of the elections due to the fact that voting could not be held in East Jerusalem (see EUROPE B12704A21)....