Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shatayeh has resigned. He submitted his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday (February 26).
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shatayeh. Photo: Collected
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The Palestinian Prime Minister resigned in protest of the ongoing Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza. Al Jazeera news.
Mohammad Shatayeh said in a press conference after submitting his resignation letter.
I submitted the government’s resignation letter to the President (Mahmoud Abbas).
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He also said,
The decision to resign was made mainly in light of the unprecedented tensions in the West Bank and Jerusalem and the war, massacres and starvation in the Gaza Strip.
Shatayeh also said,
I realized that the emerging challenges required new governmental and political systems; which will take into account the new realities emerging in Gaza, build consensus among Palestinians and establish Palestinian authority over the Palestinian territories.
On October 7 last year, the Palestinian independence organization Hamas attacked Israel. Authorities said that 1,200 Israelis were killed. In protest of this attack, the Israeli army has been attacking Gaza, which is besieged by Palestine, since that day. More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in this attack that has been going on for almost five months. And about 70 thousand were injured.
