Palestinian general election, 2007

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Early presidential and legislative elections were threatened to be called in Palestine by the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas after the negotiations on a unity government consisting of his Fatah and the Hamas failed in late 2006 (for more information on the recent conflict between Fatah and Hamas, see Palestinian factional violence).^[1] The elections were not to take place before March 2007, and could even have been delayed until mid-2007.^[2] While Hamas had rejected the plans for early elections and had threatened to boycott them,^[3] Israel,^[4] Russia,^[5] the United Kingdom^[6] and the United States^[7] had voiced their support.

According to a poll from mid-December 2006, the election would have been very close,^[8] while a poll from late December 2006 had showed a strong lead for Fatah,^[9] as had another poll from late January 2007.^[10]

Since Fatah and Hamas agreed on a unity government in early February 2007, these early elections were not called.