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Israel-Palestine
Rajoub, Dahlan agree to lower tension, share responsibilities
2004-03-31
Egypt has mediated a deal to divide responsibilities and spheres of influence between Jibril Rajoub, the current National Security Advisor to Yasser Arafat, and Mohammed Dahlan, former head of the Gazan Offensive Preventive Security services, as Cairo moves ahead with its plan for a unified security services in the Palestinian Authority and a unified Palestinian leadership to present to the Americans. Palestinian sources, reporting on the reconciliation between the two former rivals, said Monday that the Egyptian plan, once the PA security services are unified, calls for the new command to take control of all the PA armed thugs forces to take action against armed factions that try to continue an armed campaign against Israel.
I feel that a resounding "Yeah Right" might be in place here
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, slated to meet with U.S. President George Bush two days before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s April 14 meeting, wants to present a unified Palestinian leadership
Fat chance!
to the Americans, including former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, the current Palestinian premier, Ahmed Qureia - as well as Ole Yeller Yasser Arafat.
Still trying to get Yasser recognized again...
He (Jibril Rajoub) and his Gazan counterpart, Dahlan, who was also favored by Israel and the U.S. were bitter rivals. During Operation Defensive Shield, when the IDF conquered Rajoub’s West Bank headquarters at Betuniya, Dahlan charged Rajoub surrendered to the Israelis, prompting Arafat to fire Rajoub. Since then Rajoub has successfully fought cancer,
Drat,
and regained his prominent position in the PA
double Drat,
finding enough favor with Arafat for the PA chairman to name him national security advisor.
Bwahahahahaha
If the two have managed to overcome their differences, they could reassert PA control over law and order in the territories. Sources close to both sides said the two had not so much reconciled or held a sulha as they "reduced the tension between them by defining spheres of responsibility." Since the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas seven months ago, he has refused to meet with Arafat, whom he blames for the failure of the first Palestinian government, nor has Abbas, once the official number two in Fatah after Arafat, been participating in Fatah leadership sessions.
And in a fascinating update to this unfolding story, just in fron Haaretz flash:
"12:54 Arafat orders Finance Minister Fayad to stop paying rent on apartment used by his security adviser Jibril Rajoub"
Posted by:Evert Visser in NL

#1  actually this sounds like a plan, basically having the Egyptians (who are scared of Hamas taking over Gaza) take responsibility for the security situation - Egyptians are used to using tough methods on Islamists - giving Dahlan an official role is a good thing, and a major slap at Yasser. As is bringing back Abu Mazen. Of course they will keep Yasser in some form, as gesture to the "pal street" but it sounds like they want to gut his power.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-03-31 9:58:32 AM  

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