Abbas delays Palestinian elections again, making more than two…

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHere is the one-sentence version. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has pushed Palestinian elections to twenty twenty-seven, extending a wait of nearly twenty years.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo an election was scheduled, and now it has been rescheduled. Like a dentist appointment.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFox News reports the delay is to twenty twenty-seven.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt also reports that Israel and Hamas are trading blame over why there is still no vote.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBlame in both directions. That sounds efficient.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorEfficient is not the word. Fox frames this as a deepening democratic deficit in the territories, and that is the heart of the report.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, but for someone who just tuned in, how did we get to nearly two decades?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe reporting says the last vote was a long time ago, and that elections have been repeatedly put off since.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDetails of each delay are not in our data.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo twenty years later, punctuality has finally shown up.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is a fair description of the pattern, yes.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWho does this actually touch?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPalestinians in the territories, first.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA young adult there has likely never voted in a national election, because the wait started before they were in school.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBefore school.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRoughly, yes. Which makes the dentist comparison generous. That patient has been waiting since the sandbox.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine, I withdraw the dentist. Now, are there two sides to this, or is it just blame?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThere are competing accounts. Israel and Hamas each point at the other, and the data does not settle who is right.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo nobody claims the delay, but everybody benefits from the blame.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is your read, and I will let it stand as an opinion. The reporting does not say that.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFair. Is there anything in the data about what happens next?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe next date is twenty twenty-seven. Whether it holds is not clear yet, and past dates give viewers reason to watch it closely.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo circle it in pencil.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn pencil, with a good eraser nearby. That is the whole story as it stands tonight.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGive me the one-sentence version again, now that I understand it.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPalestinian elections have been moved to twenty twenty-seven, and for the patient in the waiting room, the appointment was moved again.