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RAMALLAH, West Bank —
Basser Arafat tapped the
■alestinian parliament speaker to
Hke over as prime minister
■unday and lead the Palestinians’
fcxt government after the resig-
nation of Mahmoud Abbas.
I Several leaders of Arafat’s
■ding Fatah party confirmed the
Bmiination by consensus of par-
li.iment speaker Ahmed Qureia,
■ough it remained unclear if he
■ould accept. Qureia attended
■c meeting Sunday night but did
nbt comment, Fatah officials
■id. The parliament speaker “is
our only nominee,” said Abbas
■tiki, a member of the Fatah cen-
■al committee.
I The developments came dur
ing a day of intensive backroom
Bolides set off by Saturday’s res-
ig nation of Abbas. Arafat had
■fused to grant him more power
o\ ar the Palestinian security serv-
icas, capping four months of
Brangling between the two since
Hbbas took office.
H Qureia — a moderate who
helped cobble together the 1993
■slo accord between Israel and
ffc. PLO — was considered a top
mdidate to replace Abbas
;cause he has led past negotia
tions and has credibility with the
■raelis. Israeli officials didn’t
immediately respond to the
development.
I Earlier in the day, there were
conflicting signals about
w hether Abbas might be pres
sured to stay on.
I A source close to Abbas,
Speaking on condition of
anonymity, said he would serve
ifeain only if he could work out a
Israel and the United States
have refused to deal with
Arafat, whom they accuse of
fomenting terrorism, and made
Abbas, a critic of terror attacks
against Israelis, their partner in
peace efforts.
Arafat selects
prime minister
Yasser Arafat has decided to
select Palestinian parliament
speaker Ahmed Qureia as the
next prime minister, just one day
after Mahmoud Abbas declared
his resignation.
Ahmed Qureia profile
► Also known as Abu Alla, the
65-year-old has been the No. 3
leader in Fatah after Arafat and
Abbas
► A moderate and pragmatist,
he helped piece together the
1993 Oslo accord between
Israel and the Palestine
Liberation Organization
► Has been the parliament
speaker for seven years and
has credibility
with Israel
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin
Powell said any Palestinian prime
minister must have clear control
over security forces and use them
to crack down on militant groups
like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
“That person has to have political
authority and the determination to
go after terrorism,” Powell said
on ABC’s "This Week.”
The “road map” plan
requires the Palestinians to dis
mantle militant groups. Abbas,
despite his strong support for the
road map in principle, has
refused to do this forcefully,
appealing in vain to the militants
to disarm. The Palestinian’s
leadership crisis came as Israel
edged toward all-out war with
the militant group Hamas.
One day after a botched strike
Saturday against the group’s top
leaders, Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon that all of the
Islamic militant group’s members
are now “marked for death.”
At the same time, a debate
brewed over the morality of
such “targeted killings” and
over whether the militants can
be deterred.
The decision to ratchet up the
war on Hamas — after the group
claimed a suicide bombing that
last month that killed 22 Israelis,
including six children — has con
siderable public support.
A power vacuum on the
Palestinian side might invite an
escalation in violence, with
Palestinian militants possibly
stepping up attacks and Israel tak
ing more dramatic measures,
including the potential expulsion
of Arafat from Palestinian areas.
Momentum appeared to grow
in Israel for expelling Arafat, with
Cabinet ministers arguing that
Abbas’ resignation proved the 74-
year-old Palestinian leader is the
main impediment to efforts to end
three years of violence.
“As long as Arafat is in the
region, he won’t let any other
leader develop,” Foreign Minister
Silvan Shalom told Army Radio.
Amos Gilad, a top adviser to
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz,
said there was a growing under
standing in the United States and
Europe that Arafat’s departure is
a precondition for progress
toward peace.
The United States has blocked
Arafat’s expulsion in the past, and
security advisers to Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon have
warned that Arafat could do more
harm to Israel abroad than by
remaining trapped at his West
Bank headquarters in the town of
Ramallah.
According to legislator Abdul
Fatah Amyail, Arafat told those
present that Abbas “has left us in
difficult circumstances.” He then
turned to Qureia, put his hand on
his shoulder, and said, “God
help you, Abu Alla, with the
coming burden.”
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