Palestinians register their names at voter registration stations in their territories

Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007.

Palestinian women register their names at a voter registration center in Rafah City, southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 11, 2013. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar>