In an unusual step, the Hamas bloc within the Palestinian Legislative Council held a session on the morning of May 29, 2013, questioning Interior Minister Fathi Hammad about violations of freedom in the Gaza Strip and Minister of Antiquities and Tourism Ali al-Tarshawi about the destruction of an archaeological site. Although there are some who consider this step not to be in earnest, the spokesman for the Gaza government Taher al-Nono said in an interview with Al-Monitor, "We consider this an important and natural step in the development and transparency sought by the government in Gaza."

This step carried out by the Hamas bloc in the Legislative Council raises many questions about the extent of agreement and disagreement between Hamas the movement and Hamas the government. Has Hamas' experience in ruling increased the movement's credibility?

Nono said that Hamas' arrival to power meant that they lost some supporters and gained others, and in any case one cannot please everyone. He said that since the very beginning the government has been flexible with the movement, yet maintained distance between the two, and that they have learned from Fatah's experience in power.

Sami Abu Zuhri, the spokesman for the Hamas movement, said that the movement's popularity is stable, yet it has benefited through increased power at all levels via the government. He said that the government has exercised its role independently of the movement, and the latter is involved only in the process of evaluating some observations and errors.