  urlLink Arafat's offices in Gaza have been burned down ( urlLink ABC News ) by dozens of militants from an extreme faction of Fatah, Arafat's main power base.
Arafat's urlLink sacking of two senior security commanders didn't help at all ( urlLink UK Independent ) : designating one of your cousins to replace a senior security commander doesn't particularly counter accusations of widespread corruption. Anyway, his cousin Musa Arafat effectively urlLink took command of the Palestinian security forces at a ceremony in Gaza City ( urlLink BBC ) ignoring all the protests because "I take my orders from His Excellency President Arafat," he said.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Fatah offshoot, are violently opposed to Musa Arafat. They promptly urlLink claimed an attack at a post In Khan Yunis that has been manned by members of a security service already controlled by Moussa Arafat ( urlLink Reuters ). Meanwhile Ahmed Qorei is urlLink determined to quit while chaos is overtaking the occupied territories because the Palestinian Authority is urlLink becoming more and more powerless ( urlLink Le Monde ) .
The Gaza turmoil also urlLink worries the Israeli press , fearing that the current developments will be blamed on Israel ( urlLink BBC ). Arafat is indeed at a crossroad now : either he takes reforms seriously or the general Palestiinian opinion might turn against him. The main question is : who can replace Arafat ? Nobody can, I fear, so there might be anarchy looming in the occupied territories.... [Listening to: Dalida-Egiptian song. Edrient anunk sung tartunkt (remix) - urlLink Dalida - Salma Ya Salam - 7elwa Ya Baladi (04:57)] 
