Posted on 02/11/2010 9:31:19 AM PST by NormsRevenge
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinians were shocked on Thursday after Israeli TV aired a graphic video showing a senior official caught on a hidden camera soliciting sex from a job applicant.
The video, parts of which aired on Israel's Channel 10 earlier this week, was shot by former Palestinian intelligence officer Fahmi Shabaneh, who has accused the Western-backed Palestinian Authority of widespread corruption.
In the video, Rafiq al-Husseini, president Mahmud Abbas's chief of staff, is shown flirting with a woman Shabaneh said was seeking a job in the Authority before entering a bedroom, taking off his clothes and crawling into bed.
"How does this work? Should I turn off the lights or will you," he chuckles from inside the room to someone off-screen in the video, now widely available on youtube.
Moments later Shabaneh and several other security men walk into the room, surprising a naked Husseini, who holds British citizenship, and confronting him with the allegations.
The video was shot sometime in 2008.
Whistle-blower Shabaneh said he was releasing it now because the Authority had refused to act on his investigation of top officials who he accused of stealing millions of dollars of public funds.
The Palestinian Authority is up in arms over the report, and attorney general Ahmad al-Mughanni on Wednesday threatened to pursue "legal action against Israel's Channel 10 for circulating lies and false claims."
In the face of public shock, he said Shabaneh had been dismissed from the security forces and was wanted on a number of criminal charges.
"(Shabaneh) is wanted in connection with a number of cases, including selling land to foreign entities, attempted murder, assault and threatening national security," he said in a statement, without providing further details.
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Those Palestinians, such chumps for corrupt leadership.. they are like Middle Eastern DemocRats.
at least he was flirting with a female ... unlike the preferences of the late Yassir Arafat
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas (C) is flanked by Nabil Abu Rudeina (right) and Rafiq al-Husseini, 2006. Palestinians were shocked after Israeli TV aired a graphic video showing a senior official caught on a hidden camera soliciting sex from a job applicant. (AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)
John Edwards just signed up for the PA.
Soliciting a female, eh? When does the stoning of the woman start?
I suppose everyone assumed he was into boys.
The Palestinian Authority is up in arms over the report, and attorney general Ahmad al-Mughanni on Wednesday threatened to pursue “legal action against Israel’s Channel 10 for circulating lies and false claims.”<<
LOL they are the worst scum in the world and they are angry at the people who exposed them. Sounds about right.
at least he was flirting with a female
Ouch!
but so true. :-)
My thoughts exactly. When is the woman disfigured by acid to the face and burned alive by her father for dishonoring the family by being unfit to hire?
Gee are they hiring goats and camels???
The Palestinian Authority is up in arms over the report, and attorney general Ahmad al-Mughanni on Wednesday threatened to pursue "legal action against Israel's Channel 10 for circulating lies and false claims."
Just like the American left, facts are of no use to these folks.
bump...
Or goats.
Disagree with the title. I doubt anyone is “shocked” by this. I believe this happens everywhere in the world for all sorts of various reasons.
Why should the Jordanian muslims currently occupying parts of Israel be any different than everyone else?
More likely he was setup, someone was putting the screws to him, and he didn’t cave.
ACORN goes international.
Isn't that akin to the pig farmer announcing that his barn smells bad?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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How does this work? Should I turn off the lights or will you
John Edwards? Bubba?
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