If you don't like the results, appoint a new commission; Shebaneh's new web site
I've discussed the exposes of corruption in the 'Palestinian Authority' by Abu Mazen's former anti-corruption czar Fahmi Shebaneh several times on this blog. Because Shebaneh actually started exposing corruption, he was forced to resign, and now 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President A special commission of inquiry established by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to investigate a series of corruption cases in the PA has begun summoning suspects and witnesses, Rafik Natsheh, a senior PA official, announced on Monday.Remember Rafiq Husseini, the close Abbas aide who was caught with his pants down? Well, Husseini was suspended, but not because he solicited sex from a Christian woman who sought Abu Mazen's assistance with a personal problem.
The commission was set up after former PA intelligence official Fahmi Shabaneh, who was in charge of the anti-corruption unit in the Palestinian General Intelligence Service in the West Bank, exposed several cases implicating top officials in sexual, financial and administrative corruption.
Both Husseini and the secretary were also caught on tape bad-mouthing Abbas and his two sons, Tarek and Yasser, whom they dubbed “crooks and thieves.” Husseini is also heard on the tape referring to Yasser Arafat as the “biggest swindler.”That will get you fired, won't it?
Shebaneh has opened up a web site on which he is publicizing a scandal of the week (I trust he's somewhere in Israel under the protection of the Israeli security forces). The website is here and I put a Google translation of it here. It would be nice if JPost's Khaled Abu Toameh (who is an Arabic speaker and has been following this story closely) could let us know each week what scandal Shebaneh posts.
By the way, I did a little looking around with the Google translation and the Fatah people also hate Mosab Hassan Yousef, the Hamas leader's son who converted to Christianity and became an Israeli collaborator.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:41 PM
1 Comments:
Carl, I don't like your use of the word collaborator, with it's very negative connotations. I.e. quisling, accessory, accomplice, even traitor.
I'd prefer the word patriot. In the highest, true sense, Mosab Yousef is an Arab patriot, similar to the German July 20th conspirators. That he did what he did for Israel out of moral conviction, for years risking torture and death, refusing any payment, bespeaks his character and sincerity.
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