GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Internal consultations continue to be held within the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections scheduled for May, despite the group's announced boycott of the polls.
Islamic Jihad based its decision not to participate in the legislative elections over a failure to reach an agreement on a joint Palestinian political program at the Cairo meeting of the Palestinian factions on Feb. 7. The movement also refuses to be part of any institution — namely the PLC and the presidency — that are products of the Oslo Accords, which the movement opposes.
