Fatah has lashed out publicly against Hamas, accusing the terror group of wishing to impose an Iranian leader on Palestine.
The war of words was ignited this week when Hamas attacked Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas for his “unilateral” decision to appoint an ally as prime minister.
Mohammad Mustafa, who took part in previous reconstruction efforts in Gaza, has been given a mandate to help rebuild the Palestinian enclave following the war.
Mustafa replaced Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned in February alongside the rest of his government.
In a statement released by Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority, it claimed Hamas leaders had been blinded to the consequences of their actions by living in “seven star hotels” abroad.
Fatah said: “Did Hamas consult the Palestinian leadership or any Palestinian national party when it made its decision to carry out the ‘adventure’ of last October 7, which led to a catastrophe more horrific and crueler than the Nakba of 1948?
“And did Hamas consult the Palestinian leadership that is now negotiating with Israel and offering it concessions after concessions, which have no goal other than securing guarantees of personal security for its leadership to receive, and to try to reach an agreement with [Benjamin] Netanyahu to maintain its divisive role in Gaza and the Palestinian arena?"
Hamas’s brutal attack against Israel that saw 1,200 people killed, civilians kidnapped, and several kibbutzim destroyed, "caused the return of the Israeli occupation of Gaza,” Fatah claimed.
Referring to Hamas’s seizure of power in Gaza, they added: “[Had] Hamas consulted anyone when it carried out its black coup against Palestinian national legitimacy in 2007, and refused all initiatives to end the division?"
The spat between the two Palestinian factions was sparked when Hamas attacked Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas for his “unilateral” decision to appoint an ally as prime minister.
Mohammad Mustafa, who took part in previous reconstruction efforts in Gaza, has been given a mandate to help rebuild the Palestinian enclave following the war.
Mustafa replaced Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who resigned in February alongside the rest of his government.
"We express our rejection of continuing this approach that has inflicted and continues to inflict harm on our people and our national cause," Hamas said in a statement.
"Making individual decisions and engaging in superficial and empty steps such as forming a new government without national consensus only reinforces a policy of unilateralism and deepens division."
Responding to Hamas, Fatah said: “[Mustafa] is armed with the national agenda and not with false agendas that have brought nothing but woes to the Palestinian people and have not achieved anything for them.”
Would Hamas rather we, “appoint a prime minister from Iran, or let Tehran appoint a prime minister for the Palestinians?” they asked.
“It seems that the comfortable life that this leadership lives in seven-star hotels has blinded it from what is right.”
