Palestinian factions explore broad alliance for November elections

Hamas and other Palestinian political factions resisted to the ruling Fatah administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are exploring the formation of a broad electoral coalition before historic polls late this year.

What happened

Husam Badran, the national relations official for Hamas, informed Al Jazeera that the movement has lately held bilateral and collective meetings with groups that include Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the National Initiative and Democratic Reform, the Mohammed Dahlan-led breakaway Fatah faction. Dahlan and Democratic Reform have previously been firm critics of Hamas.

The bottom line

For now, palestinian factions explore broad alliance for November elections remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.