The Palestinian National Council has only met once since being elected in 2006
(July 20, 2025 / JNS) Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Saturday that elections for the Palestinian National Council, an internal body of his Palestine Liberation Organization, will be held by the end of the year.n to Blame Israel
Since Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are not members of the PLO, they are not represented in the PNC.
Abbas’s decree, which he issued after the Palestinian body met in the Samaria city of Ramallah on Thursday, states that the date of the future election is set to be determined by the chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, a position held by Abbas since October 2004.