Abu Mazen appoints Fayyad as 'Prime Minister'

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen has appointed Finance Minister Salam Fayyad to be the new 'Prime Minister' of the 'Palestinian Authority.' I look at this as an appeal to the West to continue to back him, because Fayyad is one of the few non-Fatah-affiliated 'Palestinians' that the West trusts. How long this 'partnership' lasts, what powers (if any) Fayyad will be given