Havana, August 13 (RHC)-- Palestinian politicians are uniting in a first-ever left-wing coalition to win the October local elections, Quds Press has reported.

Qais Abdul-Karim, head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told the press that his party would form a coalition with four others in order to “overcome the polarization between Hamas and Fatah, which corrupts the Palestinian political process.”

The new coalition, the “Democratic Alliance,” would be committed to transparency and propose candidates who enjoy a wide base among left-wing Palestinians in an attempt to unite the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The other parties, which previously ran separately, are the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestinian Popular Party, the Palestinian Initiative and the Palestinian Democratic Union.