Got to apply for a permit from Israel to run in the Palestinian elections

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Israel lets some Palestinians campaign in E.Jerusalem

By Dan Williams

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is allowing candidates for an upcoming Palestinian legislative election to campaign in Arab East Jerusalem as long as they do not belong to militant groups, the Israeli internal security minister said on Monday.

But Gideon Ezra said Israel had not yet decided on whether the January 25 voting will be allowed in East Jerusalem, a core demand by Palestinians who want it as capital of a future state.

Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it as its own capital, a move not recognised abroad.

Police barred Palestinian candidates from the city when campaigning began last week, drawing a call by the United States, patron of a peace "road map", for Israel to allow Jerusalem Palestinians access to the parliamentary ballot.

Ezra told Israel Radio that, under new orders, police would approve electioneering by "all those who favour pursuing the peace process and the road map" -- if they apply in advance.