West Bank to hold municipal elections July 17 (AP)

AP – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ government decided Monday to hold municipal elections in the West Bank in July, the first voting since Abbas’ Fatah movement was trounced by the militant Islamic Hamas in national polls four years ago.

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