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Source: http://www.hudsonny.org/2010/05/the-palestinians-the-real-traitors.php
The Real Traitors
(Hudson Institute-New York) Khaled Abu Toameh - The former PLO "ambassador" to Australia, Ali Kazak, believes that an Arab journalist who writes about financial corruption and theft in the Palestinian Authority is a "traitor" who should be murdered the same way as collaborators were killed by the French Resistance. Kazak told The Australian: "Khaled Abu Toameh is a traitor. Traitors were also murdered by the French Resistance, in Europe; this happens everywhere." Kazak's threat does not come as a surprise to those who are familiar with the methods used by Arab dictatorships to silence anyone who dares to demand reforms and transparency. The threat reminds journalists like me how lucky we are that we live in Israel and not under the jurisdiction of the PLO or Hamas. The real traitors are those who established another corrupt dictatorship in the West Bank and Gaza and stole billions of dollars of international aid that was supposed to improve the living conditions of their people. The real traitors are those who built a casino for the Palestinians instead of building them a hospital and a school. The real traitors are those who are trying to silence journalists and reformists who want to see a better life for their people.