Hot on the heels of this morning’s post about the suspected financial impropriety of palestinian official Ahmed Qurei comes news that another Arafat-era palestinian official will be investigated for shady business dealings. The Palestinian Authority will probe former Yasser Arafat economic adviser Mohammed Rashid’s connection to a multi-million dollar tourism project in a ‘neighboring state’, [...]
Palestinian official Ahmed “For the Straight Guy” Qurei is being accused of diverting to a personal bank account funds earmarked for his people. Head of the Palestinian negotiating team Ahmed Qurei has denied reports published by a number of news websites that three million US dollars has been diverted to a joint bank account he [...]
You have to hand it to the palestinians. There’s no excuse they’re not willing to try. Top Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia on Monday said Fatah signed a proposal outlining a path to reconciliation with Hamas because of a mixup. Under the Yemeni plan, Fatah and Hamas agreed on the goal of uniting in a single [...]
Comes courtesy of Reuters: Fatah seeks new blood in bid for Palestinian state The article is actually referring to how Fatah is looking for younger members. But Fatah, it’s terrorist arm the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and in fact all palestinian terrorist groups, know that nothing quite cements their leadership credentials like killing Jews. This [...]
One work accident coming up. Would you like fries with that? Palestinian security officials reported Thursday of an explosion at a beachfront facility of the militant Hamas organization. According to an initial report, two people were killed in the incident and one was injured. Palestinians claimed that the facility was attacked by the IDF, but [...]
Yesterday, I posted about the new palestinian growth industry of weird crimes. Today, we see evidence that even their legislators are getting in on the act. The former speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Rawhi Fattouh, denied responsibility for the attempted smuggling of 3,000 contraband cell phones in his VIP car crossing from Jordan [...]
Besides terrorism, the palestinians seem to be focusing on a new “growth” industry: weird crimes. Example 1: Female teacher briefcase stealing. The Palestinian general intelligence service affiliated to the Hamas-led de facto government in the Gaza Strip seized a gang of female thieves on Tuesday. The three women are accused of stealing briefcases belonging to [...]
Just a young child holding an automatic weapon. Nothing to see here. Move along. A young Palestinian Hamas supporter holds an automatic rifle and a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, during a rally by the group in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, March 14, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush’s [...]
Ma’an News reports on a large show of support for the 4 terrorists who are now fertilizing the soil. About 50,000 Palestinians converged on Manger Square in the center of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday for the funeral of four Palestinian fighters who were assassinated by undercover Israeli forces on Wednesday night. [...]
He turned out to be quite bashiti terrorist. An underground tunnel collapsed early Wednesday near Egypt’s border with the Gaza strip, burying alive one smuggler and injuring another, a security official said. Palestinian smuggler Mohammed el-Bashiti and five others had nearly finished expanding the 600 meter tunnel from Gaza into Egypt located 10 meters beneath [...]
