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Article: Arafat considering Palestinian billionaire as prime minister, faces rebellion

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Dateline: JERUSALEM Yasser Arafat is considering a Palestinian billionaire without political clout as prime minister, but has been told by his Fatah movement that it will only accept PLO deputy chief Mahmoud Abbas in the job, officials said Tuesday.

The wrangling is not just over names, but over whether the prime minister will have real power to set policy. A powerful prime minister could help restart peace negotiations, satisfying U.S. demands for a new Palestinian leadership and sidestepping Israel's boycott of Arafat, whom it brands a terrorist.

Fatah commands a majority in the Palestinian parliament, which will have final say next week over defining the prime ...

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