Is Fatah pressuring Palestinian parties to form Shtayyeh's government?

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Eight members of the Palestinian Democratic Union Party (FIDA), including Secretary-General Zahira Kamal, submitted their resignation April 3 from the party’s political bureau, the highest regulatory authority in the party. The resigning members also included FIDA parliamentarians Khaled al-Khatieb and Siham Barghouti.

This wave of resignations follows the decision of FIDA's Central Committee March 23 to partake in the government to be formed by Mohammad Shtayyeh.