Hamas announced that they would not recognize the new Prime Minister Mohammad Iştiyye
Hamas spokesman Abdullatif al-Kanu has announced that they will not recognize the government of Mohammed Iştiyye, a member of the Central Council of the Conquest, appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a government. "The establishment of a single-party government, excluding Gaza, is a step that will make the political crisis in Palestinian land permanent and transform political division into a separation," Kanu said.