Kesher Talk

Reformer Madness: When President Bush made his landmark speech demanding new leadership for the Palestinian people, Yasser Arafat responded by making some changes in his cabinet. Most significant was the installation of Abdel Razek Yahya as the new Interior Minister. Yahya was seen as a reformer and a moderate, and proved more accomodating than most Palestinian officals by outwardly and courageously calling for an end to all suicide attacks against Israel. Well, so much for concessions to the US; Arafat is firing Yahya and replacing him with the West Bank Fatah chief. In the same article, the JPost reports:

"Other ministers in Arafat's cabinet, among them Finance Minister Salaam Fayad, Saeb Erekat and Nabil Sha'ath, will remain in power, the report said."


Didn't Erekat retire?

posted by Rami @ 10/16/2002 11:19:04 PM