Democracy, it seems, bends easily in Pakistan. A natural disaster, a security alert, an administrative hiccup - any of these can become grounds to defer the people's mandate. Yet, thousands of miles away, in the shattered landscape of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, ballots are being cast amid the rubble.

Municipal elections have commenced in parts of Palestinian territory, marking the first such exercise since the devastation unleashed by Israel's offensive that began in........

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