In an article for The Conversation, Dr Anne Irfan (UCL Arts & Sciences) describes how the limited municipal election in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah highlights Israel’s continuing military control and the ongoing displacement of Palestinians in Gaza. There was an election, of sorts, in Gaza at the weekend. It was a very limited vote – only people registered to vote in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah were able to cast a ballot. This made up a total electorate of 70,000 people, and of them, only