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PA Elections
By Micah Halpern

Sunday January 9, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

It is officially over.

Palestinians have elected a president in a fair and free election.
The rewards are gushing in. The Bush Administration has just upped the aid to the PA by $200 million. The EU will be next I'm told with $500 million.

This election is a great new historical development in the annals of Palestinian history. But still, there were some things that worried me.

Certain voting procedures were changed in the middle of the day.
- The polls remained opened for 2 additional hours.
- Palestinians could vote anywhere, all they needed was an ID, they need not have even been registered.
- Not to mention the shooting at the Office of Voter Supervision in Ramallah.

One cannot change the rules during the game.
Never.
There was a low turnout and keeping the polls open was a manipulation.
An abuse of power.

I cautiously await the analysis of the International Observers. The spokesman for Jimmy Carter already said that there was no problem.
Why? Because Israelis let Palestinians get out to vote.

So what really happened? We'll see over the next few days.

4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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