Ramallah, Oct. 10 -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday issued a decree shifting the date for simultaneous presidential and legislative elections to September 11, 2027. The order officially repealed an earlier decree that had set parliamentary elections for November 28, 2026.

According to the official news agency, Wafa, the decision was reached following consultations between the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and various Palestinian political factions, which resulted in "a national consensus on obstacles posed by Israeli measures to holding elections on the previously scheduled date and the need to establish suitable political, security and field conditions for free, fair and inclusive el...