Abbas May Fire Fayyad

Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/4/13 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmud Abbas may fire Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, a Fatah member said, as the party criticized the premier's government as being "improvised and confused."

Abbas "is leaning towards dismissing Fayyad from the head of the government and forming a new one," a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council told AFP late on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"I am angrier than all of you at the government... but I don't want to say more than that now. Just wait for three days," he quoted Abbas as saying at a meeting of the council in Ramallah.

He said the key factor was disagreement over the resignation of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority's finance minister, which Abbas refused to accept but which Fayyad, a US-educated economist, agreed to.

Nabil Qassis, a former president of the Bir Zeit University near Ramallah who joined the government in May 2012, announced on March 2 that he was resigning, without giving a reason. Abbas was abroad at the time.

"Abbas informed Fayyad that if Nabil Qassis did not return to the finance ministry... Abbas would dismiss his government and form a new one," the official said.

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"The policies of the current Palestinian government are improvised and confused in many issues of finance and the economy," it said in a statement.

"The Revolutionary Council again calls for a review of the government's functioning and policies, and rejects taxes being blindly imposed," the statement added.

Fatah also denounced a Fayyad government proposal to shut down a Palestinian fund set up to fight competition from goods produced in Jewish communities.

The premier has had to deal with a wave of unrest in PA territories over price rises and austerity measures aimed at reducing the budget deficit.

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[Eleutheria5]

With these kinds of enemies, he can't be all bad.

[humblegunner]

Does Arutz Sheva pay you for distributing their stuff?
I note that’s about all you post.

[SIRTRIS]

Pls continue to post relevant Arutz Sheva articles, they are closer to the action than NYSlimes

[humblegunner]

Pls continue to post relevant Arutz Sheva articles

Sorry, never posted any and I don't plan on it.

[Eleutheria5]

No. I really don’t have much time for this, so can’t go skipping around the Internet looking for material. I find the news that interests me on A7 and post it. I also respond to other people’s posts. They don’t pay me either.