Palestinian Legislative Council member Hussam Khadr recently published a communique in which he attacks the rampant Palestinian Authority \"in which we are all drowning.\" Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) reports that Khadr demanded that Arafat \"carry out a true Intifada, given the people\'s fury, disgust and despair at the persisting corruption at the top of the ruling pyramid.\" He warned that incoming Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will expose the extent of Palestinian corruption, which \"will once again embarrass the head of the PA, will thrust us into another whirlpool, and will widen the gap between the exploited public and the corrupt leaders, who have gotten rich for no reason other than the exploitation of their positions and the robbery of our people.\"
Khadr added that he knows many whose situation suddenly changed and who are \"dealing with the millions that they robbed from the money of the people... They have taken concessions, brokerage fees and easy profits for themselves, at the expense of our people and our national economic independence. How many billions of dollars are sitting in these people\'s bank accounts?\" He also criticized the Palestinian Legislative Council for not establishing \"a respectable regime that would be different from the various regimes that do not recognize human rights in our society. Unfortunately, many of its members did not even bother to attend a single session of the Council, while they were taking advantage of the citizens\' preoccupation with finding a loaf of bread and their trauma at the complete collapse in all fields of life which has kept the people from overseeing their representatives.\"
Khadr added that he knows many whose situation suddenly changed and who are \"dealing with the millions that they robbed from the money of the people... They have taken concessions, brokerage fees and easy profits for themselves, at the expense of our people and our national economic independence. How many billions of dollars are sitting in these people\'s bank accounts?\" He also criticized the Palestinian Legislative Council for not establishing \"a respectable regime that would be different from the various regimes that do not recognize human rights in our society. Unfortunately, many of its members did not even bother to attend a single session of the Council, while they were taking advantage of the citizens\' preoccupation with finding a loaf of bread and their trauma at the complete collapse in all fields of life which has kept the people from overseeing their representatives.\"