Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has backed away from the appointment of his nephew, Musa Arafat, as the new security chief after it sparked a wave of riots between Fatah fighters and PA security forces in the Gaza Strip. Following this, Ghazi Jabali was to resume his post as commander of the Palestinian police, while Musa Arafat will return to his post as head of PA military intelligence. According to The AP, the Palestinian leader phoned Brig. Gen. Abdel Razek Majaide and asked him to return to the office he left last week at the Palestinian president's request. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, in a call to Arafat, said "it is time to reactivate all our security branches based on the correct principles. It is now time to appoint the right man to the right position." Qurei also said he stood by his resignation, which he submitted Friday to Arafat after a breakdown of security in Gaza Strip and a wave of kidnappings. "I have not received a written response," Qurei said. According to him, he wanted to resign because of "the state of chaos and loss of control over the security situation" in the Gaza Strip, which he said was only benefiting Israel. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades led the protest against the assignment of Musa Arafat as chief of the national security force. Abu Qusai, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesman, explained to Al Bawaba that the protest against Musa was due to his corrupt activities in the past and bribery scandals. Following Musa's appointment, the Brigades expressed their rejection by attacking and burning the intelligence offices in the city of Khan Yunis. "We are not against President Arafat's decision, but we were expecting true reforms and a sincere intention to fight corruption. General Musa is known for his corruption and we will not stop until he is discharged," Abu Qusai told Al Bawaba before Yasser Arafat's latest move. Arafat's security reforms included uniting the Palestinian security agencies into three major bodies. Analysts claimed that his move was carefully planned to give him a firmer grip on security issues prior to any Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip. Additionally, it is believed that this is also a fulfillment of a promise he has made to Omar Suleiman - head of Egyptian intelligence - to consolidate the security system prior to any Egyptian intervention in Gaza Strip. For his part, Israeli PM Sharon used the instability in the Strip to restate his usual message regarding the lack of a Palestinian peace partner. On the other hand, Israeli analysts considered that the current crisis was the toughest situation Arafat faced in his entire political career - partly due to the deteriorating internal situation in the occupied territories, and partly due to negative international opinion accusing him of not being cooperative enough for peace. Abu Qusai described Sharon's comments as "silly", adding "the Palestinians have always been a peaceful nation and President Arafat had offered peace many times which was always rejected by Israel." "We don't have a problem with President Arafat; we only want him to change the corrupt people around him. We are being prudent in this struggle and we won't use armed tactics to discharge Musa Arafat…however, we won't stop until all corrupt officials are out of their positions," Abu Qusai added. Abu Qusai concluded that in case that President Arafat insisted on keeping General Musa in his position, "we hope that it will not lead to this… we expect highly that President Arafat will change his mind and go on with real reforms." **PHOTO CAPTION*** Palestinian President Yasser Arafat attends a meeting in his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 19,2004. (Reuters)