Palestinian President announces unity government will dissolve

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced the national unity government he formed with Hamas last year will dissolve. Abbas did not make any mention of a timetable for resignation in his announcement but it is expected within days. Abbas said the move was because Hamas didn’t let it work in Gaza. The government was formed last year before the war between the Islamic militant group Hamas and Israel after years of feuding between the rival Palestinian groups. But the government did not function well and the sides have argued over many issues including how to carry out reconstruction of the war-battered Gaza Strip.

Within 24 hours the Palestinian government will resign.

Palestinian President Mahmoud, he is reported to have told members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council according to several senior officials at the meeting.

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