Hamas says it will not recognize the authority of new PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, whose appointment by PA President Mahmoud Abbas earlier today was seen as part of efforts to further isolate the Gaza ruling group.
“Hamas stresses it does not recognize this separatist government because it was formed without national consensus,” spokesman Fawzi Barhoum says in a statement.
Hamas says the appointment reflects “Abbas’s unilateralism and monopoly of power.”
According to PA officials, Abbas this afternoon asked Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of his Fatah party, to form a new government. The previous government was formed during a period of improved relations between Hamas and the PA, and had the backing of Hamas.
The new PA government is likely to be dominated by Fatah, and Hamas is not expected to be included.
— with AFP
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