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Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/20_05_03_e.asp
New Arafat Move Undermines Abbas
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - In a move seen as a challenge to PA Prime Minister Abbas, Arafat on Wednesday issued a "presidential decree" moving the authority over the regional governors from the Interior Ministry to Arafat's own office. Most of the 14 governors are Arafat loyalists who returned with him from Tunis in 1994. PA sources said Arafat made the decision in a bid to prevent Abbas and Muhammad Dahlan from replacing them. Dahlan has renewed contacts with Jibril Rajoub, former chief of PA Preventive Security in the West Bank. Rajoub has been a strong supporter of Abbas, who wants him to play a role in the reorganized security apparatus in the West Bank.