Why did Mohammad Shtayyeh resign as Palestinian Authority prime minister in 2024?

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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.

Mohammad Shtayyeh resigned as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in February 2024, five months into the Israel-Hamas War. His resignation came amid significant international pressure for broad reform within the Palestinian Authority.1