Hamas criticized the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee's approval of the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice President of the State of Palestine on Sunday. Hamas described the decision as a "response to external dictates" and a "consolidation of an approach of exclusivity and exclusion." The move was officially welcomed by several Arab countries.

In a press release issued by the movement, Hamas expressed its rejection of the appointment decision, viewing it as "a reprehensible step that departs from national consensus and the will of the Palestinian people."

She added that the decision "reflects the insistence of the PLO's powerful leadership on disabling its institutions, rather than serving as a unifying umbrella for our people's struggle and its vital forces."

The movement stressed that "our people's priority is to stop the aggression, the war of extermination, and starvation, and to unify efforts to confront the occupation and settlements, not to distribute positions and divide the power pie to please external parties," calling on factions and forces to "reject this step and adhere to rebuilding the PLO on national and democratic foundations, far from dictates and guardianship," according to the statement.