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.”