Palestinian Prime Minister presents his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. "I presented the resignation of the government to the president on February 20 and I am submitting it in writing this Monday," Shtayyeh said.
The decision took place in light of "the facts related to the aggression against the Gaza Strip and the escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem", he added. The government of the Palestinian Authority, based in the occupied West Bank, presented its resignation to the President on Monday, declared Prime Minister Mohammed Shtaiyeh.