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2005-01-12 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-12 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 my sense is that rajoub and Mo Dahlan have bigger enemies than each other - namely A. Hmas and Islamic Jihad. B. Hardliners within Fatah, AAMB, etc C. Residual Arafat loyalists within the Pal "security" forces, especially, whatizname, Mustapha Arafat? A Rajoub-Dahlan reconciliation in no way means no popcorn, its just slighly different flavor. Of course it remains to be seen if Abbas has sufficient cojones to take on the above (A, B and C). If not, Dahlan could be an alternative, but would certainly need Rajoub on his side to make any move.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-12 3:53:12 PM|| 2005-01-12 3:53:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Some good news about Abbas

From JPost.
Shaath, who has been in the cabinet since the establishment of the PA more than a decade ago, will be replaced by Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations and a nephew of Yasser Arafat, the sources revealed.

The second most significant change will be in the Interior Ministry, where Hakam Balawi is expected to be replaced by Maj.-Gen. Nasser Youssef, who is closely associated with Abbas.

Both Shaath and Balawi were regarded as Arafat's men in the cabinet and were among his strongest allies. Arafat had twice refused to appoint Youssef as interior mster in charge of the Palestinian security forces â the first time when Abbas was prime minister and later when Qurei was entrusted with forming a new cabinet.

Former information minister Nabil Amr is expected to return to his post as part of the new cabinet reshuffle. A longtime critic of Arafat, Amr served as information minister in Abbas's cabinet in 2003. Last July he was shot and seriously wounded in his Ramallah home after criticizing Arafat's performance in a television interview.
Another Arafat critic tipped to join the new cabinet is Rakif al-Natsheh, a former minister who briefly served as speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council before he was ousted by Arafat. Natsheh, a member of a large clan from Hebron, had repeatedly angered Arafat by demanding drastic measures against senior officials implicated in financial corruption.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-12 4:01:07 PM|| 2005-01-12 4:01:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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