Mohammad Shtayyeh

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has announced his resignation, along with his government, aiming to foster a broad consensus among Palestinians regarding the political landscape after the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced his government, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, submitted its resignation, saying "new political measures" were needed given the changing reality in Gaza.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is set to meet with his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Maliki, in Athens on Friday.

It will be their third meeting, with the first one taking place in September in New York, in the context of the UN General Assembly meeting.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis concluded a round of meetings in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the foreign ministry announced on Thursday in a post on the social media platform X.

Ljubljana – Foreign Minister Anže Logar will pay a visit to Israel on Monday to meet his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid. On Tuesday he will be in Palestine to meet Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called for an emergency international Middle East peace initiative while on a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories today, and he participated immediately thereafter in a teleconference between EU foreign ministers focusing on the raging problem.

He condemned Hamas and supported Israel's right to defend itself.

The top Greek diplomat will also meet with the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh