( CNN ) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah offered his resignation nearly three weeks after he accepted the job , two Palestinian government sources said Thursday . It 's not clear whether Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will accept the resignation . Sources said Hamdallah made the because of interference by Abbas with the prime minister 's duties . Abbas named Hamdallah , president of a West Bank university , as his new prime minister on June 2 and asked him to form a new Cabinet . Hamdallah replaced Salam Fayyad , who had led a caretaker government since Abbas accepted his resignation in April . Fayyad 's decision to step down was viewed as a step toward the possible establishment of a unity government between the two main Palestinian factions , Fatah and Hamas . Hamdallah is a British-educated linguist and longtime academic . He became president of An-Najah National University in the West Bank city of Nablus in 1998 and was finalizing his departure from the post after he accepted the prime minister 's job .
NEW : Sources say the prime minister is upset because of interference by Mahmoud Abbas . It is not clear whether Rami Hamdallah 's resignation will be accepted . Comment: