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Rivalries threaten unity government

Several Palestinian factions are clashing over the formation of a new national government.
A Palestinian man shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (C) during Hamdallah's visit to Susya village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron June 8, 2015. Residents of Susya village, living in tents erected on the top of sand hills for almost 30 years, feared that Israel would drive them out of the area. The village is located in an area classified in Israeli-Palestinian peace accords as Area C, where Palestinian residents must obtain a license to build or stay there. REUTERS/Mussa Qaw
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — “Where there’s smoke there’s fire," as the saying goes, and this applies to the national consensus government led by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, following its denial of the leaked news about its possible resignation.

On the evening of June 17, Nemer Hamad, political adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, announced that Hamdallah had submitted his resignation to Abbas. Meanwhile, Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina denied that Hamdallah was submitting his resignation. And national consensus government spokesman Ihab Bseiso told Al-Monitor, “The prime minister did not submit his resignation, but the talk about the challenges faced by the government began a year into its formation.”

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