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Article: Israeli officials demand actions from Qurei
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 9, 2003
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Israeli officials demand actions from Qurei
JERUSALEM, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- In one of their initial comments on
the recent nomination of Ahmed Qurei as the new Palestinian prime
minister, Israeli officials insisted that the Palestinian parliament
speaker must prove himself by actions, The Jerusalem Post reported
Tuesday.
Senior Israeli officials, en route to India with Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon, told the newspaper that the replacement of Mahmoud
Abbas with Qurei is little more than "musical chairs" with Yasser
Arafat in charge of turning on and off the music.
If Qurie, tabbed by Arafat to form the next Palestinian