For their part, Fatah officials seem unwilling to join a Hamas-led government. Although Hamas has said that it would seek such a coalition, Fatah’s humiliating defeat has left it with little credibility as a governing partner.
根据巴勒斯坦法律，巴勒斯坦总统阿巴斯现在必须要求哈马斯组成新政府。在法塔赫方面，官员们似乎不愿意加入由马哈斯领导的政府。尽管哈马斯说过它将寻求建立一个联合政府，但是，法塔赫的惨败使得其没有了作为执政伙伴的可信度。