Moonlighting
I have no idea if this report is true, in fact, Palestinian officials from the security branch have issued denials but its just too funny not to post. Ynet News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday discovered to his astonishment that he was without a bodyguard and even his drivers were absent. He was therefore compelled to drive his granddaughter, who wasn’t feeling well, to the Red Crescent clinic by himself, according to the al-Arabiya television network. As a result, 250 members of the presidential guard were arrested.
The security detail could have been moonlighting as inspectors looting inspecting stores looking for Israeli produced goods. My next best guest would be to suggest they were either moonlighting for Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
You’re wrong (gasp!)Kateland, it’s fabricated. Would the Palestinian Security Forces lie?
‘Spokesman for Palestinian security forces Adnan al-Damiri denied the report and said the story was a fabrication intended to slander members of the Palestinian security forces who do their work faithfully and professionally.’
*with friends like these…*
The second link is even better…
“The problem is that those who need to set an example – I mean our leaders – prefer Israeli goods because they are considered to be of better quality,” says a customer. When asked how long he thinks the boycott will last, he says “I don’t know, I guess until the Israelis get upset and start pressuring us.”
Now I’ll have to boycott palestinian goods. Remind me again what they export?
I have to admit I am a little surprised the Palestinians have allowed a boycott of all Israeli goods as this course of action was never allowed back on the table after Arafat signed the Oslo Accords – I suppose the current Palestinian leadership sees no great loss if the Israelis take the boycott as grave infraction of the Oslo Accord and potentially a casus belli.
I realize it can be a tricky thing to boycott all Palestinian made goods so I suggest you avoid all kassams, bomb belts, AK-47’s, RPGs and balaclavas unless the point of origin can be proved to be anywhere other than the ‘West Bank or the Gaza Strip’..