Palestinian Legislative Election Of 2006
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The poll of Palestinian legislative elections in 2006 was held on January 25 to elect the new Palestinian Legislative Council. The previous meeting of this election date 1996. This election has been postponed several times because of the situation in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Voters in the Gaza Strip , the West Bank and east Jerusalem were called to the polls by the Palestinian Authority.
The new Legislative Council consists of 132 seats, against 88 in the previous one. Half of the representatives are chosen by proportional representation.
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Political background
The meeting was dominated until 2006 by the movement Fatah of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas. The main opposition movement is the Islamist Hamas , which had not participated (boycott), 1996 ballot.
Fatah
Fatah holds 68 of 88 seats. However, internal divisions are evident in the movement and new personalities have emerged in the "young guard" and protest against corruption of the party, or as Marwan Barghouti , but he is serving a prison sentence in Israel , being condemned to its responsibilities within the Tanzim and Brigades of Martyrs of Al Aqsa-Fatah armed structure). His new faction, Al-Mustaqbal , must initially submit Barghouti as the head of the list. Negotiations between the two current lead, the 28 December 2005 , a single list with Barghouti to top the list, despite the profound differences that continue to oppose them.
The Old Guard and Al-Mustaqbal rally in Fatah. Their reconciliation is seen by many observers to be motivated by a fear that a victory of the Islamist movement Hamas, which is their main rival.
Hamas
Hamas refused to participate in Palestinian legislative elections of 1996 in protest against negotiations with Israel, has never been represented in the Palestinian legislative council. This movement does not recognize Israel's right to exist and therefore considered illegitimate the Palestinian Authority created by the Oslo Accords.
After considerable success in Palestinian municipal elections of 2005 , the prospect of a new legislative council dominated by Hamas scares most Western governments who usually consider a group terrorist. These governments are also those who provide the bulk of foreign aid in the budget of the Palestinian Authority.
Independent Palestine
A third list appears in the elections under the lead candidate Mustafa Barghouti , a distant relative of Marwan Barghouti. This list would propose a third way for the silent majority does not favor Palestinian "or fundamentalism of Hamas nor the autocracy and corruption of the Fatah party in power."
The program of this new movement promises to fight against corruption, calls for the dismantling of what is called the Apartheid Wall and to be democratic and independent.
History campaign
On 21 December 2005 , some Israeli leaders have expressed their intention to prevent the vote in East Jerusalem , which unlike other Palestinian localities where voting is to take place is under civilian control and Israeli military (post-annexation the Six Day War of 1967 was never recognized by most foreign governments or by the Palestinians who claim the city as capital of a future state ).
Israel said its opposition to holding elections in Jerusalem was not motivated by a question of sovereignty over the city (Palestinians in Jerusalem could vote in 1996) but by a concern about the participation of Hamas (and by potentially winning) elections. Palestinian leaders have countered that the elections would not be held without participation of Palestinians in East Jerusalem End of truce The Islamic Jihad and several armed groups linked to Fatah , as the Martyrs Brigade Al-Aqsa , said the 31 December 2005 , just hours before the expiry of the truce in attacks against Israel negotiated in March to Cairo , that 'they would re do not necessarily 2006. A few days later, Hamas also says the end of the truce. According to the Central Electoral Commission, an initial participation rate was announced at nearly 77.6% of 1.35 million registered voters. Each voter has the left index finger coated with indelible ink to prevent multiple voting. According to official results of legislative, Hamas gets absolute majority in the Palestinian parliament. Haniyeh , a Hamas leader, was appointed prime minister by President Mahmoud Abbas on February 21 2006 , and he announced the formation of his government March 19. In March 2008 the U.S. journal Vanity Fair publishes documents that prove the United States tried to oust Hamas after its election victory, by arming a force led by Palestinian supporters of Fatah, led by Mohammed Dahlan , . Results
Party % Voices Headquarters Hamas 42,9 434 817 74 Fatah 39,8 403 458 45 PFLP 4,1 41 671 3 Alternative 2,8 28 779 2 Independent Palestine 2,6 26 554 2 Third Way 2,3 23 513 2 Independent 5,2 - 4 Other 0,3 53 200 0 Source: Central Election Commission, January 26, 2006, http://www.elections.ps 
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