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The Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, revealed the assistance of Qatar and Egypt in “forming a new Palestinian technocrat government”, amid consultations among all Palestinian factions, including the “Hamas” movement. Zomlot stressed that “Hamas will not have members in the new technocrat government, but the fact of consulting with it shows that efforts are underway to find out whether the Palestinian unity between Hamas and Fatah is achievable”, considering that the anticipated government will be “a pure technocrat government without factions, and it is designed to unify the Palestinians and their geography and political system”.

He added: “The political scene has changed… This is the right time to listen to our people, not the time of political factions… We have a responsibility to provide a government that can provide the needs of its people, and unify our people and our political system”.

He expressed his hope that the formation of the technocrat government would be followed by “holding parliamentary and presidential Palestinian elections”, and did not specify a specific timetable for implementing that, but he said that it would be a matter of months and not years.

On Monday, the Palestinian presidency announced that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh’s government, at a time when contacts are intensifying behind the scenes on the issue of carrying out a reform in the Palestinian Authority linked to the post-war stage in the Gaza Strip.

Shtayyeh’s government’s resignation comes at a time when diplomatic contacts involving several countries are addressing the issue of “reforming the Palestinian Authority”, which Abbas has headed since 2004.

The last Palestinian presidential elections were held in 2005, while the last legislative elections were held in 2006.

Source: “The Guardian”