(Globe and Mail - Canada) - Abdel Razak Yehiyeh said that during his term as Palestinian interior minister, he was prevented from demilitarizing the police forces and overruled when he tried to remove several commanders who had participated in attacks on Israelis. He said he found the task of reforming the police impossible. "The ones I did succeed in moving are now back in their jobs." While Arafat may mouth a commitment to reform and an end to military confrontation with Israel, he often opposes it in practice.
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