Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is coming under intense criticism for supporting the postponement of a United Nations vote which could have led to the prosecution of Israel for war crimes during its assault on Gaza. On Monday, a senior member of Hamas called for Abbas’s resignation. Mahmoud al-Zahar told Al Jazeera that Abbas was guilty of “a very big crime against the Palestinian people” for supporting to defer endorsing the Goldstone report. Thirty-two Palestinian groups in Europe also called on Abbas to immediately step down from office. Al Jazeera reports the upcoming Fatah-Hamas talks in Egypt may also be in jeopardy.