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Hamas wants elections to be able to participate politically and lead. Palestinians support their resistance, unlike Abbas serving as a collaborationist Israeli ally.
"Hamas still enjoys wide popular support at home and abroad in addition to organizational cohesion and strong institutional structure as compared to Fatah."
It also controls Gaza, its institutions and apparatuses. Moreover, it insists on the following electoral conditions:
(1) "Ending political detention and ensuring public freedoms equally" for all Palestinians.
(2) Ensuring fair elections throughout the Territories.
(3) Conducting presidential, legislative, and PNC elections at home and abroad so all factions can participate equitably and become part of the Executive Committee leadership.
Israel's very much at odds. It wants Hamas and other resistance groups marginalized and shut out, unity prevented, and leaders it controls.
It also wants Palestine prevented from achieving full de jure UN membership, unimpeded settlement construction, and peace process hypocrisy to resume.
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