Palestinian Authority calls on Hamas to hand over Gaza ‘all at once’

The Palestinian Authority government on Tuesday called on Hamas to transfer full control of the Gaza Strip to it “all at once.”Hamas has controlled Gaza since ousting the PA from the territory in 2007.

“[The government] called on Hamas to hand over the Gaza Strip all at once and affirmed its readiness to take full responsibility [for it],” the official PA news site Wafa reported.The PA government made the statement a day after PA President Mahmoud Abbas suggested he would cut all budgets allocated to Gaza if the PA does not take full control of the coastal territory.“If everything is in our hands, we will take full responsibility [for Gaza]. If everything is not in our hands, they will have to take full responsibility for everything [in Gaza],” Abbas said in a 20-minute speech at the PA presidential headquarters in Ramallah.He did not say when Hamas would have to take full responsibility for Gaza if it does not hand over control of the territory to the PA.

Source: Palestinian Authority calls on Hamas to hand over Gaza ‘all at once’ – Middle East – Jerusalem Post