New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Palestinian Authority has told France that legislative elections scheduled for November 28 in the occupied West Bank will be postponed by several months, according to two Palestinian officials briefed on the communications. The delay, outlined in a letter to Paris, comes as Fatah, the governing party, suffers from deep internal rifts, the New York Times reported.

Israeli outlet Arutz Sheva reported that Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh wrote that worsening conditions made the date impossible and that the vote would move to September 2027. That date has not been confirmed by Ramallah, and the Palestinian Central Elections Commission had not announced a change on its own timetable page, which still lists polling f...