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Byline: Dan Ephron, Michael Meyer, Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff, Rebecca Sinderbrand, Rana Foroohar, Mark Russell, Sarah Sennott, Sean Smith, Kathryn Williams, Alan Cordova

What's going on in Gaza? After a series of kidnappings of local police officials as well as French aid workers, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat streamlined the chaotic Palestinian security services last week into three branches--a move long demanded by Palestinian reformers and Western governments--and appointed new chiefs to oversee them. Then, after protests over one of his allegedly corrupt nominees, he withdrew the appointment. With Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei threatening to ...

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