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PA Council Blocks "New Cabinet with Old Faces"
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Palestinian legislators delayed a vote on Prime Minister Qurei's new cabinet Monday, accusing him of retaining corrupt ministers and including only a few new faces. In addition, former security minister Muhammad Dahlan, who was tipped to become minister of cabinet affairs, "refuses to join the cabinet because it does not fulfill the hopes of the Palestinian people and lacks the true standards of change," a PA official said. "This is a new cabinet with old faces," said one legislator. The 23-member cabinet includes 20 ministers who have either served in previous cabinets or are members of the current one.