Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Fath Movement produced an alternative to Muhammad Dahlan: it is Jibril Rajjub. It is Rajjub, for potato's sake. This utterly corrupt man is supposed to clean up the Fath security forces. This is like asking Husni Mubarak to lead the efforts for democratization in the Arab world. Also, when in jail (enjoying according to contemporaries same prison privileges enjoyed by Dahlan during his charade jail years), Rajjub spent years translating Menachem Begin's The Revolt from Hebrew to Arabic. It is not known whether the Begin estate rewarded him for his hard work. He was asked on the show by the person who annoys me the most on earth (Jizelle Khuri), on the relationship with the US government. It is understandable, he answered. He said that the "birth certificate" of the Palestinian state will come out of Washington, DC and Tel Aviv, and not in Arab capitals. I kid you not. Let me tell Mr. Rajjub: a birth certificate of a Palestinian state that is produced in DC or Tel Aviv is null and void. It is the birth certificate of a stillborn.