The legal term of the consensus government, which was set at six months in light of the Palestinian reconciliation, ended on Dec. 2. However, Hamas leader Salah Bardawil asserted on Dec. 3 that he was ready to extend the government’s work for an additional six months.
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Ahmad Bahr, the acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, called on Fatah and Hamas to “re-establish the government, as the one already in place has not carried out any of the tasks delegated to it, especially in the Gaza Strip.”