Festive mood in West Bank as local elections underway

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Palestinians are participating in local elections across the West Bank, with a festive atmosphere reported in Bethlehem. The elections feature electoral lists largely aligned with President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party or running as independents.

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A festive and cheerful mood has taken hold of the West Bank as the Palestinian Authority holds local elections, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky said, reporting from Bethlehem. Most electoral lists are aligned with president Mahmud Abbas's secular-nationalist Fatah party or running as independents.

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