Palestinian Non-Civil War Watch - Abass: Palestinian Government Is Dissolved; Haniyeh: No It's Not

He can just do that now?

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced early Friday that he would continue to hold onto his position in the unity government despite a "presidential decree" issued the previous night by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during which he dissolved the Hamas-led government. The government will continue to function and to fulfill its role, Haniyeh told reporters. Abbas also declared a state of emergency in the Palestinian territories on Thursday night.

So here's our question: how long before the international community starts demanding that Israel negotiate with Hamas? We're putting it at two weeks before an official UN diplomat trial balloons it, earlier if Hamas can get people to stop talking about how they're lining people up against the walls and shooting them:

He said that the situation in the Gaza Strip was improving now that Hamas was in full control. "Now we can start implementing our security plan for imposing law and order," he said. "We even have no problem coordinating it with Fatah."

Yeah - they'll coordinate with all of those Fatah officials that are left in the Gaza Strip. So that's like, what, three people who are cowering in cellars right now waiting to flee to Egypt?

References:
* Haniyeh rejects Abbas's decree to dissolve unity gov't [JPost]

Previously:
* Palestinian Non-Civil War Watch - Insanity (Updated: Content Warning)
* Palestinian Non-Civil War Watch - Hamas In Control Of Gaza, "This Is the First Step In the Establishment Of An Islamic State"
* What's All This Talk About A "Hamas Coup"? Hamas Was Democratically Elected To Control the PA, Remember?

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