... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...to form a new government.
Such bids are seen as part of attempts by Abbas to further isolate his political rivals Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, amid a deepening of a decade-long split in Paleostinian politics.
Hamdallah has "put his government at the disposal of President Mahmoud Abbas," the prime minister's front man Yussef al-Mahmud said in a statement.
It came after the central committee of Abbas's Fatah movement recommended late on Sunday the formation of a new government that would comprise members of the Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Hamdallah's West Bank-based government welcomed plans for a new government, his front man said.