CLIFFORD D. MAY: Shouldn&#39;t Palestinians have a real election?
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(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month&#39;s elections.
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Tom Friedman, in his column &quot;Jews, Israel and America,&quot; offers an unrealistic solution that is at odds with recent history and the current geopolitical environment: &quot;... One thing that Israel
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KERRY O&#39;BRIEN: Election 2004 got off to a flying but not necessarily edifying start today, with accusations of lies and deceit coming from both sides.
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One month before the Palestinian election, the game of musical chairs among possible presidential candidates is in full swing. Will Marwan Barghouti run or won&#39;t he?
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He&#39;s called on Palestinians to back the leading contender, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Middle East Correspondent Jane Hutcheon reports from Jersualem.
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It is easy to agree with Jamie Weinstein that Yasser Arafat had not succeeded and that terrorism needs to end. However, Weinstein missed important points needed for a fair assessment of the situation.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: The push for participatory democracy has the disturbing whiff of an Astroturf campaign - a fake grassroots movement.
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Elections, many Palestinians now argue, are the only way to prevent Israel from using an erosion of the Palestinian Authority (PA) as an excuse to implement its own plan for the de facto creation of scattered Palestinian &quot;cantons&quot; -- created by the
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Middle East News, RAMALLAH, West Bank, Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israeli jail, is favourite to become Palestinian leader. But his election could be a setback for peace talks, reports Patrick Bishop.
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should not be rushed. He said the Palestinians must first elect a president and both sides must. begin to carry out a US-backed &quot;road map&quot; peace plan.
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&quot;Why did Fatah&#39;s revolutionary council acted so quickly to approve PLOâs Mahmoud Abbas as the Fatahâs candidate for the January elections?..&quot;. By Mike Whitney. The lame duck Secretary of State, Colin Powell
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.
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This weekend's election to replace Yasser Arafat has the potential to usher in the Arab world's first genuine democracy with a peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. The new Palestinian president &#151; widely expected to be Mahmoud Abbas &#151; doesn't have an easy job ahead of him.
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Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a priority for the next administration
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The next step is for all Palestinians to participate in elections, including those in occupied territories and in exile. By Omar Merhi.
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The passing of Yasser Arafat marked the end of an era. The question is, what new era will now unfold? Elections for a new President of the Palestinian Authority will be held on Jan 9. Even then, it is still