Young Palestinians express little faith in first elections they have known


  • World
  • Monday, 05 Apr 2021

Palestinian students walk at a university in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip April 1, 2021. Picture taken April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

JERICHO/GAZA (Reuters) - Facing the first elections they have ever been able to vote in, young Palestinians are demanding reforms in the parliamentary and presidential polls later this year.

Initially many were sceptical about whether the Palestinian elections - the first for 15 years - would even take place after they were announced by President Mahmoud Abbas in January.

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