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- ↑ "Pro-plo, Communist Sweep in West Bank Elections: 72.3% of Eligible Voters. Including Women, Participate". Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 13 April 1976.
- 1 2 3 Yehuda Lukacs (1999) Israel, Jordan, and the Peace Process, Syracuse University Press, p141
- 1 2 Pro-plo, Communist Sweep in West Bank Elections: 72.3% of Eligible Voters. Including Women, Particip JTA, 13 April 2013
- 1 2 3 40 Years of Israeli Occupation Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
- 1 2 3 Lukacs, p144
- ↑ Lukacs, p145
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