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Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=202501&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0

Peres: PA Parliament Should Be Allowed to Hold Special Session

(Ha'aretz) - Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Wednesday that Israel should allow a special session of the Palestinian parliament to approve elections and reforms, as well as the new makeup of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's cabinet. The Prime Minister's Office released a statement on Tuesday saying that permission would be denied if Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat were to head the session. The U.S. wants the Palestinians to hold parliamentary elections first, have parliament choose a prime minister and only then prepare for a presidential vote, as a way of sidelining Arafat.

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