When last we left our intrepid palestinian leaders, Abu Maz had scored the last point by giving full ministerial responsibility to MoDa. Today, it seems that Yasser executed his next move, appointing 58 of his hand-picked tools to high-level posts in the Palestinian Authority. Arguably, the action violates the as-yet-unadopted draft Constitution. (So query whether anyone is actually bound by that document, anyway.)
It's further reported that Yasser has announced plans to stuff MoDa's Interior Ministry with 15 more of his (Yasser's) cronies, and that he's appointed a new minister of his own, a power he supposedly doesn't have.
The foregoing is all according to an anonymous "senior Palestinian official." Is it accurate? Or are these the machinations of yet another player getting ready to make his move? As always, stay tuned.
