Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his newly-appointed prime minister Ahmed Qurei have managed to paper over resolve their differences, with Qurei agreeing to head an emergency government until the end of the month, a senior Arafat aide said late Saturday. âThe prime minister and his cabinet who were sworn in by Arafat, will continue their mission until the end of the month according to Palestinian law ... following agreement between Arafat and Qurei,â Nabil Abu Rudeina said.
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The powers of the emergency cabinet would be âeffective immediatelyâ, he added. âThe government will continue as an emergency government with those cabinet members who were sworn in, earlier this week,â a senior Palestinian political source said. In the meantime, Qurei would continue his attempts to form a broader government, he said. But despite the apparent resolution of the dispute, a question mark still hung over the role of interior minister-designate Nasser Yousef. Abu Rudenia said, âNasser Yussef will do his mission (as interior minister) as long as he is sworn in.â But the source indicated that Yussef was unlikely to join the government.
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