Hamas and Palestinian factions refuse to form a government “without national consensus”. This comes after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assigned economist Muhammad Mustafa to form the new Palestinian government, 3 weeks after Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh resigned.
The factions' statement stressed that "making individual decisions, such as forming a new government without national consensus, is a reinforcement of the policy of exclusivity and a deepening of division at a historical moment when the Palestinian people need unity" The factions called on all national forces, especially in the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), to agree on managing this critical stage.