President Abbas appoints new prime minister of Palestinian Authority
Mohammed Mustafa’s appointment comes after mounting pressure to reform the governing body of the occupied Palestinian territory and improve its governance. The new prime minister was assigned to lead the relief and rebuilding of the Gaza Strip, and reform the institutions of the Palestinian Authority, Wafa news agency said.
Mustafa replaces former Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who, along with his government, resigned in February.
The PA, which is dominated by the Fatah political party, held administrative control over Gaza until 2007 after Hamas won the 2006 legislative elections in the occupied territories and expelled it from the Gaza Strip. Since then, Hamas has ruled Gaza and the PA governs parts of the occupied West Bank.
UK’s Cameron welcomes appointment of new PA leader Mustafa
Britain’s foreign secretary says establishing a new Palestinian government to rule both the West Bank and Gaza Strip, bolstered by an international support package, is important for a “lasting peace”.
Earlier, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed his longtime economic adviser Mohammed Mustafa to be the next prime minister in the face of US pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington’s post-war vision for Gaza.
Mustafa replaces former Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh who, along with his government, resigned in February citing the need for change amid Israel’s war on Gaza and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.
Did anyone ask the Palestinians what they want? Or is that only for Israelis? What was that "It is grotesque … and hypocritical … for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected leader of Israel. This is unprecedented,” McConnell said."
Not that the PA was democratically elected, it's just an Israeli placeholder.
Ultra Orthodox or Haredi jews, the most extreme, soon have to join the slaughter
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/08/israels-religiously-divided-society/
(check out their views on women's rights...)
Israelis protest against military service exemption for ultra-Orthodox men
Thousands of Israelis have protested against Netanyahu’s government demanding an end to the exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from compulsory military service. Israeli news site Ynet reported about 10,000 people participated in the demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Israel’s Supreme Court in 2018 voided a law waiving the draft for ultra-Orthodox men, citing a need for the burden of military service to be shared across Israeli society. Parliament failed to come up with a new arrangement, and a government-issued stay on mandatory conscription of ultra-Orthodox men expires in March.
