Stale conflict and regional turmoil underlie failure of Palestinian unity coalition and resignation: Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

The Palestinian unity government formed only a year ago has resigned after President Mahmoud Abbas said it was unable to operate in the Gaza Strip. The resignation came after it emerged that the Gaza Strip’s rulers Hamas held separate indirect talks with Israel. An official said that Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah had handed his resignation to…

Ramallah (dpa) – President Mahmoud Abbas has initiated the process of dissolving the one-year-old Palestinian government of national unity, officials confirmed Wednesday. Abbas’ unity government was agreed to by the president’s Fatah movement, based in the West Bank, and Hamas, the Islamist movement in de facto control of the Gaza Strip, shortly after peace talks with…