Specifically during the memorial week for the massacre: the Palestinian Authority's request to Israel - due to Hamas's strengthening
The Palestinian Authority has submitted an official request to Israel to allow the election commission to operate in East Jerusalem and Gaza, ahead of the Palestinian parliamentary elections. The timing, during the memorial week for the October 7 massacre, is intended according to the article to force Israel to ban the elections in East Jerusalem and blame it for their cancellation. In the background: Abu Mazen's fear of defeat against the unified list of Dahlan, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad.
The Palestinian Authority has submitted an official request to Israel to allow members of the election commission to work in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, ahead of the planned elections for the Palestinian parliament. The request was made during the memorial week for the October 7 massacre. The article claims that the timing is not coincidental and is intended to force Israel to announce a ban on holding them in East Jerusalem, in order to shift the blame for their cancellation onto it. In the background is Abu Mazen's desire to cancel the elections, due to fear that his party, Fatah, will suffer a defeat against the unified list established by Mohammed Dahlan together with Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The article notes that Hamas holds a position of power and high popularity even after three years of war, and that according to polls, Hamas enjoys the broadest support in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip and could inflict a defeat on Abu Mazen if the elections indeed take place on schedule at the end of November.