Jerusalem, July 10 -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the legislative elections will be held in late November this year, the first since 2006.

According to the news agency Wafa, President Abbas issued a presidential decree setting Saturday, November 28, 2026, as the date for holding legislative elections across all Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Wafa reported that the President, through the decree, called on the Palestinian people to participate in "free and direct legislative elections" to elect members of the Palestinian Legislative Council on the specified date.

The decree "aims to consolidate the foundations of democracy and complete the electoral process that ...