Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday swore in a new government headed...
RAMALLAH, GAZA - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday swore in a new government headed by a loyalist from his dominant Fatah party, a move rejected by his Islamist rival Hamas as a blow to unity efforts.
Shtayyeh was named Palestinian prime minister on March 10, replacing the independent university president Rami Al-Hamdallah. He will run the ministries of interior and religious affairs until new appointees are named for the two posts. Two factions of Abbas’s Palestine Liberation Organization refused to take part in Shtayyeh’s government.
Israel said the sum it is holding back matches money used by the PA to pay stipends to families of militants in Israeli jails. The PA has refused to accept any tax transfers until those funds are restored. It scaled back wages paid to civil servants in February and March to weather the crisis. Palestinian leaders said Israel was being empowered by U.S. President Donald Trump to “violate national and human rights of the people of Palestine”.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets Amal Hamad, Minister of Women's Affairs in the new Palestinian government, during a swearing in ceremony in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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