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Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/316940.html
Arafat Blocks Dahlan Control of West Bank Security
(Ha'aretz) - Danny Rubinstein It was announced Thursday that Arafat appointed Jibril Rajoub in charge of the district governors in the West Bank and Gaza. This is significant because each governor is in charge of the regular police forces, in practice the Palestinian military, in the area. With this posting, Arafat has prevented Palestinian Minister for Security Affairs Mohammed Dahlan, who is close to Abbas, from extending his control of security beyond the Gaza Strip into the West Bank. Dahlan and Rajoub were close in the past but had a falling out more than a year ago.