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Hamas police officers guard a truck containing a shipment of Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The Palestinian Authority said Wednesday that it dispatched the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, two days after accusing Israel of preventing it from sending the doses amid objections from some Israeli lawmakers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian president’s rival promises vaccines for Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, Palestinians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to support Abbas, in the West Bank town of Tubas. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian Authority, Hamas divided ahead of election

By Asma’ Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

Members of Central Elections Commission's filed teams register Mohammed Al-Jawabra, right, a street coffee vendor, to the electoral roll, at the main road of Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. Palestinian poll workers fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, where they found voters eager to register ahead of elections that could serve as the first referendum on Hamas' rule since the militant group seized power more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gazans hope for vote after years of Hamas rule, isolation

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, Palestinians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to support Abbas, in the West Bank town of Tubas. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian elections on track after factions meet in Cairo

Associated Press

File - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Hamas movement chief Ismail Haniyeh, prior to their meeting in Istanbul. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool, File)

Tarnished by its Gaza rule, Hamas may struggle in elections

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will be held later in 2021. The voting is seen as a key step in mending a rift between Abbas’ Fatah party that rules the West Bank and the Islamic militant group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip. ( (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Palestinian president briefs Egypt, Jordan on election plan

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters. Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will be held later in 2021. The voting is seen as a key step in mending a rift between Abbas’ Fatah party that rules the West Bank and the Islamic militant group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip. ( (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Explainer: Road to Palestinian vote full of obstacles

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

A Palestinian honor guard carries the body of Saeb Erekat into the cemetery during his funeral in the West Bank town of Jericho, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavirus. He was 65. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians hold funeral for veteran negotiator Erekat

Associated Press

Palestinians push for international conference, US is open

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Palestinians arrest supporters of Abbas rival close to UAE

Associated Press

President Donald Trump attends a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, listens while former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Palestinian chief and ex-Israeli PM show 2 sides can talk

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks after a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2020. President Abbas said &quot;a thousand no's&quot; Tuesday to the Mideast peace plan announced by President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Poll finds Palestinians overwhelmingly reject Trump plan

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Palestinian protesters hurl stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in clashes in the occupied West Bank and a third in Jerusalem after he opened fire at a police officer. The killings came hours after a car-ramming attack elsewhere in the city Thursday wounded 12 Israeli soldiers. Tensions have soared following last week's release of President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, which greatly favors Israel and was rejected by the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians deny U.S. charges of incitement, blame Trump plan

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Palestinian protesters hurl stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in clashes in the occupied West Bank and a third in Jerusalem after he opened fire at a police officer. The killings came hours after a car-ramming attack elsewhere in the city Thursday wounded 12 Israeli soldiers. Tensions have soared following last week's release of President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, which greatly favors Israel and was rejected by the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Architect of US peace plan blames Palestinians for violence

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Israeli border police arrests a Palestinian ahead of a protest against Middle East peace plan announced Tuesday by US President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Angry Palestinians face dilemma in responding to Trump plan

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

A Palestinian carries a picture of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during a rally marking the 55th anniversary of the Fatah movement founding, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Fatah is a secular Palestinian party and former guerrilla movement founded by Arafat, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas allows rival Fatah to mark anniversary in Gaza rally

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Masked Palestinians shoot in the air during a celebration marking the 55th anniversary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian Fatah marks 55 years with West Bank marches

Associated Press

In this May 18, 2018, file photo, White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump team faces tough audiences as it sells Mideast plan

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press