The Palestinian Minister in the middle of the Palestinian Sex Tape/corruption scandal crawls out of hiding, and blames it on Israel.
Rafiq Al-Husseini, former Chief of Staff to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas broke his silence. He is accused of telling a female who applied for work in his office that her path to employment was through the bedroom. She allegedly told intelligence officers who hooked up cameras in her apartment. Al-Husseini showed up, then nuded-up and the boys from intelligence stepped in and ruined the romance of Ramallah.
Al-Husseini held a press conference and said the whole scandal, which was first aired on Israel Channel 10, is a conspiracy. He says his voice was dubbed on the videotape for the purpose of blackmail, both political and financial. He said the tape was intended to compel him to resign and “leave the homeland.” Al-Husseini promised he would “continue to fight corruption and confront the occupation in Jerusalem, my city, my battle, my destiny.”
President Abbas suspended Al-Husseini pending an investigation.
It also came to light that the whole incident is a year and a half old. Al-Hussieni says he told President Abbas at the time and stayed on the job. A senior Palestinian oficial, who asked to be nameless, told me today that it would have been better for the Palestinian Authority if Al-Husseini had bowed out then.
Maybe…There was a lot more news taking place a year and a half ago. That was the run-up to the war in Gaza. It’s possible no one would have picked up the story back then.