Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Mohammad Mustafa as the new prime minister of war-torn Palestine.
Mustafa, 69, will now work to form a new government for the Palestinian Authority (PA). The PA has limited powers in parts of the occupied West Bank. Mustafa has long served as an economic adviser to Palestine.
He holds a doctorate in economics from George Washington University and worked at the World Bank for 15 years.
Earlier on February 26, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shatayeh announced his resignation due to the increasing violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip.
Thirty years ago, the Oslo Peace Accords created the Palestinian government structure, which included the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The three territories were once controlled by the Palestinian Authority, a coalition of Fatah and other groups; But in 2007, control of Gaza went to the hands of the Palestinian independence organization Hamas.
