Why did Mahmoud Abbas declare a state of emergency in June 2007?

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Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule — Palestinian Authority U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.

In June 2007, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, declared a state of emergency following the collapse of a short-lived coalition government between his faction, Fatah, and Hamas.123

The declaration was prompted by escalating violence between the two groups in the Gaza Strip, which culminated in Hamas forces defeating Fatah and taking full control of the territory. In response to this power struggle, Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led government and appointed an emergency cabinet, led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, to govern the West Bank. This event solidified a political and geographic split, leaving the West Bank under the administration of the Fatah-led emergency government while Hamas maintained control over the Gaza Strip.1324