Hamas group wins Palestinian university student union council elections

Headline: “With a voting rate of 78% - the results of the Birzeit University student council elections were published”

“Yesterday evening [May 18, 2022], Birzeit University published the results of the university’s student union council elections. The voting rate stood at 78.1%...

The Islamic Loyalty faction (i.e., identified with Hamas) won 28 seats, the Martyr Yasser Arafat faction (i.e., identified with Fatah) obtained 18 seats, and the Progressive Democratic Student Alliance faction (i.e., identified with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP) obtained 5 seats.”