RAMALLAH, West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the election is not held by September as planned if in Gaza Hamas rulers will not let the vote there.
Abbas ' West Bank-based Government called the long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend, but rival Islamic Hamas has said Gaza will not participate in the vote.
"Unless we are capable of holding of elections in both the West Bank and Gaza, so we will not hold elections," told journalists Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday.
Abbas governs the West Bank but lost control of Gaza to Hamas in a violent 2007 takeover. Several attempts to reconcile the two factions have failed.
Abbas aides said the Palestinian President had not fully supported on his commitment to the vote. Senior Adviser Yasser Abed Rabbo said that, if necessary, the Palestinian Authority would find a "creative" way to bypass any Hamas opposition so Gazans would be able to participate. Measures be explored include voting by Internet have Palestinian officials said.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri disputed Abbas ' sincerity in calling for elections.
"This confusion of the Palestinian Authority reflects the internal crisis it crawls and displays their call choice is not an honest," he said.
Planning for a long time the vote was seen as a response to the widespread Middle East protests against autocratic regimes that have overthrown his dictators in Tunisia and Egypt.
Abbas and President Barack Obama talked by telephone in 50 minutes on Thursday, said Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Aburdeneh. He said they discussed the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and the Palestinian-supported the proposed resolution in the UN Security Council declare isrælske settlements in the West Bank illegal. He gave no further details.
The Palestinian Authority have not been elections since 2006, leaving Abbas and members of the Parliament in office after their elected terms ended.
Abbas ' four-year term expired in 2009, although it has been extended indefinitely. Parliament's term expires in 2010, but the legislature remain in office, although its work is hampered by division between the territories.
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