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| Abbas sets Palestinian polls date | Abbas sets Palestinian polls date |
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| Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 24 January. | Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 24 January. |
| His office said in a statement that the polls would take place across the Palestinian territories, including the rival Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. | His office said in a statement that the polls would take place across the Palestinian territories, including the rival Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. |
| Mr Abbas's Fatah faction, which runs the West Bank, has so far failed to reach a reconciliation with Hamas. | |
| Mr Abbas's presidential term expired earlier this year. | Mr Abbas's presidential term expired earlier this year. |
| Hamas officials said Mr Abbas's election call struck a blow to reconciliation efforts between the rival factions, Reuters reports. | |
| Fatah and Hamas have been deeply divided since Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in 2007. | Fatah and Hamas have been deeply divided since Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in 2007. |