Palestinian PM Resigns Under US Pressure For Shake Up

A new Palestinian government to oversee the post-war construction of Gaza may be named by the end of the week

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh submitted his resignation on 26 February amid Israel's ongoing onslaught on Gaza, US pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority (PA), and national unity talks with Hamas.

"The decision to resign came in light of the unprecedented escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem and the war, genocide, and starvation in the Gaza Strip," said Shtayyeh, an economist who became prime minister of the PA in 2019.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas has not accepted Shtayyeh's resignation and may ask him to remain as caretaker prime minister until a replacement is named.

Dubai-based Asharq reported that Shtayyeh would probably be replaced as soon as the end of the week by Mohammed Mustafa, the current head of the government's investment fund and former deputy prime minister and economy minister.

Mustafa will reportedly oversee the reconstruction of Gaza under the supervision of the World Bank.

Shtayyeh said the next stage in the conflict 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."

🔗Source: The Cradle

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"Discontent against the PA in the West Bank has been growing exponentially in recent years, as Palestinians generally consider the organization a tool Israel uses to further the occupation.

A March 2022 poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip showed that only 27 percent of people were satisfied with the performance of the PA, while “dissatisfaction” was at 70 percent."

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