Articles by Jørgen Jensehaugen

May 13, 2021

The Palestinian elections that weren't

Jørgen Jensehaugen

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories had been set to vote in the first legislative and presidential elections in fifteen years. But in a last-minute decision, President Abbas postponed the elections indefinitely. Once again, the Palestinian people are left in political limbo with unelected leaders, write Jørgen Jensehaugen and Erling Lorentzen Sogge

Jørgen Jensehaugen

Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Jørgen holds a PhD in history from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

He is the author of Arab–Israeli Diplomacy under Carter: The US, Israel and the Palestinians (IB Tauris 2018).

He has long experience researching the Arab-Israeli conflict, with articles published in Diplomacy & Statecraft, The International History Review, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, The Middle East Journal, Contemporary Levant and Babylon – Nordic Journal of Middle East Studies.

Follow him on Twitter @Jjensehaugen

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