The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, hosted the representative of the European Union in Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff. Mahmoud Abbas briefed his guest on the efforts made by the Palestinian leadership to hold elections in all Palestinian territories, including the city of Jerusalem. He stressed the importance of the European Union continuing to pressure the Israeli government to allow Palestinian elections in occupied Jerusalem according to the agreements signed between the two sides under international auspices. The EU Representative affirmed Europe’s support for holding the Palestinian elections and that the EU is continuing its intensive contacts with the Israeli side to hold the elections in occupied East Jerusalem, as was the case in the previous elections. For further details, click here