The Palestinian Authority Apartheid terror state which is continuing its genocidal campaign to remove all the Jews from what it considers its territory is building an Apartheid State within an Apartheid State for its leaders.
A gated community of villas with well-tended flower gardens near the West Bank town of Ramallah may help explain why Palestinians almost universally believe there is corruption in the government of President Mahmoud Abbas.
The secluded "Diplomatic Compound," built for senior Palestinian Authority officials on subsidized land, is one of the symbols of what many Palestinians think is wrong with their leaders - that they are cut off from the people and award themselves special privileges.
A sign next to the guard booth at the gate reads, "Diplomatic Compound." A road winds down a slope past dozens of two-story villas and several low-rise apartment buildings. A shopping mall is under construction.
A guard prevented an Associated Press cameraman from entering the compound, saying filming requires permission from Majdi Khaldi, an adviser to Abbas. Khaldi did not respond to emailed questions about the compound or return phone calls. Abbas and Khaldi attended the compound's opening in 2010.
Last year, Khalidi's role in the project caused a social media uproar when a 2011 letter he sent to Bahrain's foreign minister was leaked. In the letter, Khaldi asked for $4 million for the complex, arguing that the presence of the villas helps prevent the spread of Israeli settlements in the area.
The compound was built by a housing cooperative that obtained public land for 60 percent of its market value, said a government official with knowledge of such land transfers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with the media.
That meant cheaper properties for the members of the cooperative.
The compound was initially intended for members of the diplomatic corps, but the cooperative was expanded to include other senior figures from the government, security agencies and Fatah, said the official. Eventually, some private citizens were also admitted.
Compound residents were given the right to sell their homes - potentially at a greater profit if they sold at the market value of the land.
Now there's the real Palestinian State. It's subsidized by foreign money and populated by the well connected elite who never have to rub elbows with the Fellaheen. Anyway all the money everywhere in the majestic ancient state of the PLO, which came into being around the same time as the Backstreet Boys, is stolen and then stolen again and then invested in stealing more things.
The Palestinian Authority is always bankrupt, always needs money and about as transparent as lead is to Superman.
For example, the government hasn't submitted annual budget reports for mandatory audits for four years, effectively preventing scrutiny of how millions of dollars are spent, said corruption monitor Aman, the Palestinian branch of Transparency International.
For example, out of the government's development budget of $17.9 million for the first three months of 2014, $9.4 million went for Abbas' small presidential plane and $4.4 million for "other" expenses. A development budget typically goes to projects that benefit the community.
Afaneh said plane expenses shouldn't be listed under development and that portraying one-fourth of the development budget in that quarter as "other" raises questions.
The public has complained loudly over issues of nepotism and disproportionately high salaries for select senior officials, some of whom make $10,000 a month, about 10 times the average for government employees.
This is a problem that can only be solved by
1. Blaming Israel
2. Giving the PLO more money
3. Creating a Palestinian State