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Article: News Analysis: Driving forces behind Qurei's resignation withdrawal
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 28, 2004
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News Analysis: Driving forces behind Qurei's resignation
withdrawal
GAZA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei
retracted his resignation as a signal of rapprochement with leader
Yasser Arafat, after the latter agreed to cede part of his authority
to empower the cabinet.
Observers and analysts believe several forces were behind his turn-
about, which has pulled the crumbling Palestinian authorities back
from the verge of collapse.
Qurei tendered his resignation letter on July 17 against the
backdrop of a security chaos prevailing in the Gaza Strip and an
outpouring of opposition against corruption within the Palestinian
National Authority (PNA).
Amid a spate of ...