The formation of the new Palestinian government

The Palestinian in charge of media affairs, information minister Yasser Abd Rabbu, on Sunday announced the new formation of the Palestinian authority which includes 21 officials instead of 31, as follows:

The information and culture official Yasser Abd Rabbu; Planning and international cooperation official Nabil Shaath; Finance official Salaam Fayyad; economy, industry and commerce official Maher al-Masri; the interior affairs official Lt. Gen. Abdul Razzaq al-Yahya; education and higher education official Naem Abu al-Hommos; health official Riad al-Zanoun; local authority official Saeb Oreikat; justice official Ibrahim al-Dughma; public works official Azzam al-Ahmad; social affairs minister Intisar al-Wazir; agriculture official Rafiq al-Nitshe; natural resources official Abdul Rahman Hamad; labor official Ghassan al-Khatib, tourism official Nabil Qassis, telecommunications official Imad al-Falouji; communications official Metri Abu Eitah, civil affairs official Jamil a-Tureifi; supply official Abdul Aziz Shahin, and sports and youths official Ali al-Qawasmi. Officials for al-Awqaf ( Islamic Trust) and religious affairs will be appointed later.