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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
PA announces government reshuffle, Hamas calls move a 'coup' |
PA announces government reshuffle, Hamas calls move a 'coup' BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority on Thursday announced that a Hussein al-Araj, formerly the Deputy Minister of Local Governance and Sabri Saydam will serve as the Minister of Education. He formerly served as Former Minister of Public Works, Deputy Minister of Planning and Sufian Sultan, the former head of the Palestinian Environmental Authority -- Odeh served as the CEO of Palestine Capital Market Authority, a governmental The new ministers will be sworn-in on Friday after prayers in the There had been talk of a reshuffle for months, but in mid-June it was The reshuffle is an attempt to preserve and reform the body, instead of The unity government was formed in June 2014 in a bid to end division The Hamas movement said Thursday that it disapproved of the unity Hamas spokesperson, Sami Abu Zuhri, added that the reshuffle represents a Officials told Ma'an in June that Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah's Hamdallah also serves as the Minister of Interior. The other 19 ministry positions have remained unchanged. Currently, four Attempts for reform came after the unity government formed in June last year Power has remained divided between the Hamas-led Gaza Strip and |
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