A Palestinian woman registers her name at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)
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Voter registration starts in Gaza amid doubts of prospect reconciliation
GAZA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) started Monday the weeklong voter registration in both the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in seven years amid doubts of a prospect end to the Palestinian internal division.
Hana Nasser, president of the CEC, arrived in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza from the West Bank on Sunday. He told reporters in Gaza city on Monday that the voter registration has started and CEC will carry on with their job regardless what will be the results of the reconciliation talks. Full story
Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)
Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)
Palestinian women register their names at a voter registration center in Rafah City, southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)
A Palestinian checks his name at a voter registration center in Rafah City, southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)
