Summary
The prime minister Mahmoud Abbas appointed in June 2007 after dissolving the Hamas-led national unity government, whose own electoral list had garnered barely 2 percent of the vote that swept Hamas to victory in 2006 (Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, PDF p.341).
Details
- His appointment is presented as part of the U.S.- and Israeli-backed restoration of Fateh power in the West Bank after Hamas’s June 2007 crackdown on Muhammad Dahlan’s militia in Gaza (PDF p.341-343).
- The restoration lacks legitimacy in Makdisi’s account: Abbas’s appointment of the new government was never validated by the Legislative Council, which remained dominated by Hamas (PDF p.346-347).
Related pages
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Palestinian Authority