The Palestinian information minister, Yasser Abed Rabbo, said that "it will be impossible to hold elections as long as the Israeli army keeps occupying the Palestinian territories."
Not that elections would have been any improvement in the Palestinian Authority. They need real reform -- the fetish that confuses elections with democracy obscures the deep-seated corruption in Arafat's regime.
Update: Mike Sultan's latest on this subject:
Yassir Arafat is now refusing to hold elections until Israeli forces withdraw from disputed areas ...
Arafat said it is impossible to fake an election while Israeli soldiers remain in the area ...
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