PA Prime Minister submits resignation of his government to Abbas

Ramallah (Quds News Network) – Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh officially tendered the resignation of his government to PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday. The announcement came during the weekly Cabinet session in the city of Ramallah.

Shtayyeh said the decision was prompted by a confluence of political, security, and economic developments, particularly in response to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and an unprecedented escalation in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

Shtayyeh, addressing the assembled officials, explained, “This decision comes in light of what Palestinian people, our Palestinian cause, and our political system are facing from a ferocious and unprecedented attack, genocide, attempts at forced displacement, starvation in Gaza, intensification of colonialism, colonizers’ terrorism, and repeated invasions of camps, villages, and cities in Jerusalem and the West Bank.”

He emphasized the multifaceted challenges faced by the Palestinian people, encompassing financial strangulation, attempts to liquidate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees, repudiation of signed agreements, gradual annexation of Palestinian lands, and efforts to transform the Palestinian National Authority into a security administrative authority with no political content.

“We will remain in confrontation with the occupation, and the Palestinian Authority will continue to struggle to establish the state on the land of Palestine,” asserted Shtayyeh, underscoring the unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause.

Shtayyeh acknowledged the complexity of the circumstances his government had navigated, from the Israeli withholding of Palestinian funds to the challenges posed by the “Deal of the Century,” the COVID-19 pandemic, economic repercussions from the Ukraine war, and the persistent Israeli policies of colonization and violence.