Israelis are focused on political plots and maneuvers ahead of President Reuven Rivlin tasking a candidate to form a new government. But in parallel, Jerusalem is preoccupied with developments on the Palestinian front ahead of the May 22 Palestinian parliamentarian elections.
Polls in recent weeks have gone back and forth between Hamas and Fatah. A March 23 poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research had noted a small shift away from Hamas and in favor of Fatah. But that was before Palestinian prisoner and leader Marwan Barghouti announced that his own list would be running in the elections.
