Panel OKs Abbas’ plan for elections
From Times Wire Reports
The PLO Central Council, a policy-making arm of the Palestine Liberation Organization, gave Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas preliminary approval for new presidential and legislative elections.
The militant group Hamas, which won parliamentary elections last year, immediately threatened to derail a new vote.
Abbas, of the Fatah faction, has fired the Hamas-led government, installing a West Bank-based caretaker Cabinet of moderates. Hamas has denounced the moves as unconstitutional.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
