Lawmakers push Arafat's Cabinet into resignation

Thursday, September 12, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Defiant Palestinian legislators forced the resignation of Yasser Arafat's 21-member Cabinet Wednesday, delivering the biggest political blow to the Palestinian leader since he returned from exile eight years ago and underscoring the mounting discontent among ordinary Palestinians.

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