RAMALLAH, West Bank, September 27 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah Central Committee okayed Saturday, September 27, the cabinet line-up presented by Premier-designate Ahmed Qorei, including Nasser Yusuf as new security chief and Interior Minister, party officials said.

Fatah officials approved the list of 24 names, a senior party official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on condition of anonymity, saying it included at least 10 people who served in previous governments before the appointment of outgoing Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas in April.

The key name on the list was that of general Yusuf, who will take over the Interior Ministry.

"Nasser Yusuf will be the Interior Minister," central committee member Abbas Zaki told journalists after the meeting.

"We discussed the names of the new cabinet and there is agreement within the Fatah Central Committee," senior Palestinian official Hani al-Hassan said.

Half of the 24 positions would be filled with new faces, he said, adding there was "good representation" for factions outside Fatah.

But another senior party official said the committee had approved all but four names on the list.

He did not give further details but said a final decision about the four would be made when Qorei presents the list to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee later in the day.

The list will be taken to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) early next week.

Although the list has not yet been finalized, several ministers were slated to hold on to their previous positions.

They include Saeb Erakat, who was recently appointed as negotiations minister, finance minister Salam Fayad and foreign minister Nabil Shaath, the source said.

Former cabinet affairs minister Yasser Abed Rabbo will take over the post of Information Minister.

Shortly before his meeting with the Fatah heads, Qorei met Arafat at his battered compound and the two held a final consultation before presenting the list, a senior Palestinian source said.

If the PLC accepts the list, the new government will be presented the same day.

Qorei, 66, was picked by Arafat to form a new government following the resignation of Abbas on September 6 after only four months on the job.

Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom that Qorei has more political power than his predecessors, and expressed hope that progress would be possible with him, reported the Israeli Ha'aretz daily Saturday.

He told Shalom that Israel should avoid decisions "that create situations from which it is difficult to return," an echo of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's statement to Shalom that Israel should ignore Arafat and not take irreversible steps" toward him.