Palestinians start voter registration for the general election

Palestinians search for their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 12, 2013. The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) started Monday the weeklong voter registration in both the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in seven years amid doubts of a prospect end to the Palestinian internal division.

A Palestinian employee works at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 12, 2013. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar>