The Last Exile

From Elder of Ziyon we learn Hamas has passed its Gaza Strip Budget for 2010 and and when we throw in the amount the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claims to pays out to Hamas from their budget it comes into a cool $2 Billion. Not at all too shabby for a territory known primarily for its export of violence and not much else.

So what does this buy? Well running a television station with its own in-house productions cannot be cheap. Ynet News (has the video):

The video portrays a Palestinian officer carrying out orders of IDF troops while being humiliated by them, and assitsting settlers. The eight-minute video takes place near the security coordination HQ. Palestinian officer Bahlul (clown) is shown to be asked by his Israeli counterpart: “What is your mission?” to which he replies: “To defend the rule of law.” When the Israeli officer asks what that is, the Palestinian replies: “To defend settlers.”
 
He also notes that settler provocations will not be disturbed or responded to by the Palestinians when asked how he would react in such a case. The video portrays Bahlul as saying that should he get an order from his Israeli colleague to arrest his family members he would do it. He notes that he is willing to fight the resistance and even shine the shoes of the Israeli officer and as a bonus to kiss them as well. “I’ll divorce my wife if you tell me to,” he said.

The Palestinian officer is also seen trying to defend an Israeli settler who shot Palestinian children in Hebron. He shouts at the settler “you just killed my people, but I will respond with a commitment to peace.” At this point in the clip, Bahlul draws a dove and presents it to the settler who had went on a killing spree by his father’s orders. According to the setller’s father “the most delicious thing is to kill Palestinians and drink their blood.”

This was broadcast on January 1, 2001. Meanwhile, the Hamas leadership in Damacus claims a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation is imminent – and good luck with that!