Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Saturday urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) government to fully assume its responsibilities including lifting the unjust sanctions on the Gazan people or resign and form a national salvation government.
The Movement said in a press statement that the PA government led by Rami Hamdallah was handed over all Gaza ministries yet it has not exerted any single effort to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians people in Gaza and miserably failed in implementing the agreements reached in Cairo.
Hamas accused the PA government of fighting against the resistance and stressed that it has not made any serious step to confront the Israeli Judaization and settlement schemes and defend the Palestinian people in Occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.
This is the first time that Hamas has openly asked Hamdallah’s government to resign. The request came in response to the government’s procrastination in lifting the sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip despite having taken over all government institutions in the enclave under Egyptian and international supervision.
PA officials demand that the PA government be fully “empowered” as a condition for lifting sanctions. Palestinian factions and observers see this term as unrealistic especially that lifting the sanctions was earlier linked to dissolving the administrative committee and handing over Gaza ministries and crossings.
The sanctions imposed on Gaza which include reducing power and medical supplies and cutting the salaries of PA employees are still in place despite the reconciliation talks. The humanitarian situation in the territory meanwhile keeps worsening in view of the 11-year Israeli blockade.
