...a jelek szerint fékezhetetlen a palesztínai arabok tudásvágya. Kiváncsiak, hogy hol van a világközvélemény tűrőképességének határa...

www.debka.com Last Updated on August 24, 2003, 12:08 PM (GMT+02:00)

Palestinians fire new, longer-range Qassam-2 from Gaza Strip into Israel for first time Sunday. It was aimed at Mediterranean Zikim Beach south of Ashkelon

Arafat maneuvered around pressure to relinquish control of security and intelligence services to Palestinian Authority by appointment Saturday night of Gen. Nasser Yousuf as interior minister and their titular commander.

DEBKAfile: Appointment a fiction and act of defiance. Gen Yousuf is leading opponent of Arafat who would never grant him authority over powerful services – even if appointment were approved by Palestinian institutions and PM Abbas.

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