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Democracy in Jenin
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Yasser Arafat has decided to appoint Ramadan Bata, who returned to the West Bank from Tunis in 1994, as the new governor for the Jenin district, replacing Haider Irsheid, who was abducted and beaten recently by Fatah gunmen and has since gone to Jordan with his family for an extended vacation. On Tuesday, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades gunmen in Jenin vowed to resist Arafat's decision by banning the new governor from entering the city. They said they want a local resident to serve as governor. Meanwhile, hundreds of Jenin residents held an emergency meeting in the city Monday to demand an end to the state of chaos and lawlessness.