Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh Resigns For Broader Political Arrangements In Gaza (X image@ nwadotcomedy01)
Mohammed Shtayyeh, the Palestinian Prime Minister said he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among the Palestinians regarding the political arrangements post Israel’s war against the resistance group of Gaza, Hamas. The announcement came amidst the US pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to shake up the Palestinian Authority, since international push to stop the genocidal bombing in Gaza and to start working on political structure to govern the besieged enclave after the war.
Shtayyeh’s resignation must be accepted by Abbas, who might ask him to stay as a caretaker Prime Minister until a permanent replacement is appointed. In a statement to the cabinet, Shtayyeh said the next stage would need to take account of the emerging reality in Gaza, which he said has been laid waste by nearly five months of heavy fighting.
The Palestinian Prime Minister, who is also an academic economist who took office in 2019, said that the next stage would “require new governmental and political arrangements that take into account the emerging reality in the Gaza Strip, the national unity talks, and the urgent need for an inter-Palestinian consensus”.
He said, in addition to that, it would require the extension of the Palestinian Authority’s authority over entire Palestine.
The Palestinian Authority, which was formed 30 years ago under the interim Oslo peace accords, exercises limited governance power over parts of the occupied West Bank. It lost its power in Gaza Strip following struggle with Hamas in 2007.
Fatah, the faction that controls the Palestinian Authority and Hamas has tried to reach an agreement over unity government. They are bound to meet in Moscow on coming Wednesday. Senior official of Hamas said the move should be followed by a broader agreement on the governance for the Palestinians. Israel, which has vowed to destroy Hamas said that it will not accept Palestinian Authority rule over Gaza after the war due to security reasons.
