Article: Israeli officials demand actions from Qurei

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

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