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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced late Thursday that the Palestinian election will be postponed. Abbas made the announcement after meeting with representatives of several Palestinian groups in Ramallah on Thursday evening. The Palestinian president said it had been agreed to postpone the poll election until the participation of the people in East Jerusalem could be assured. The election had been scheduled for May 22nd and would have been the first election in more than 15 years. Earlier, the Islamist Hamas movement had warned that it will hold Israel responsible if the election wer…