Will new PM improve Palestinian Authority's standing?

Appointment of 'technocratic' government first step to building support for expanded role in Gaza

Mohammad Shtayyeh next to a portrait of President Mahmoud Abbas
Mohammad Shtayyeh has resigned as Palestinian prime minister, saying 'new political arrangements' were needed to address the future of Gaza
(Image credit: Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)

The Palestinian Authority has signalled willingness to change with the resignation of its prime minister and government, as it looks to build support for an expanded post-war role in Gaza – and a future Palestinian state.

Addressing his cabinet on Monday, outgoing PM Mohammad Shtayyeh said the next stage would "require new governmental and political arrangements that take into account the emerging reality in the Gaza Strip, the national unity talks, and the urgent need for an inter-Palestinian consensus". It would also need "the extension of the Authority's authority over the entire land, Palestine".

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Elliott Goat is a freelance writer at The Week Digital. A winner of The Independent's Wyn Harness Award, he has been a journalist for over a decade with a focus on human rights, disinformation and elections. He is co-founder and director of Brussels-based investigative NGO Unhack Democracy, which works to support electoral integrity across Europe. A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow focusing on unions and the Future of Work, Elliott is a founding member of the RSA's Good Work Guild and a contributor to the International State Crime Initiative, an interdisciplinary forum for research, reportage and training on state violence and corruption.