Palestinian council forces cabinet reshuffle

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The Palestinian parliament has voted to urge President Mahmoud Abbas to dismiss the Palestinian cabinet for failing to halt armed chaos in Gaza after Israel's pullout.

The legislators largely endorsed a parliamentary committee's report that accused the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Ahmed Quraei, of mishandling the Palestinian Authority's response to factional anarchy, but stopped short of a no-confidence vote.

Signalling growing public frustation with lawlessness in Palestinian areas, legislators voted 43 to five, with five
absentions, to call on Abbas to form a new government in two weeks or face a no-confidence vote.

The proposal was the result of behind-the-scenes negotiations between legislators and Quraei.

al Jazeera