On March 16, Fatah's military wing said it was pressing the PA to resume
attacks on Israel. Fatah, pointing to clashes between Israel and
Palestinians in Jerusalem, also demanded that the PA release insurgents
arrested by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank.
"The ongoing violation of the Al Aqsa Mosque opened the gates to a
campaign against the enemy without limitations," Fatah said.
In February 2010, Shabaneh released a videotape that showed an Abbas
aide soliciting sex from an Arab woman. The woman was said to have asked the
aide, identified as Rafiq Husseini, for an official favor.
Shabaneh, accused by the PA of treason, has been living in Jerusalem and
holds an Israeli identity card. Israel has banned the PA from operating in
Jerusalem.
The former head of an anti-corruption unit, Shabaneh has established a
Web site and pledged to uncover additional scandals within the PA. He said
his next target would be Sheik Taysir Tamimi, head of the Islamic courts in
the PA.
Shabaneh said Tamimi and other Islamic judges have been accused of using
their positions to trade favors for sex. Shabaneh has released a recording
of a phone call in which Tamimi was said to plead that the case be kept
quiet. Shabaneh said a former PA minister has been accused of similar
conduct.
"This minister has also been begging me not to expose his file,"
Shabaneh said.