Hamas election victory may lead to less embezzling

That's what the headline in this Arab News article about $700 million missing from the treasury of the Palestinian Authority should have been.

Corruption within the Palestinian Authority is one of the great non-stories out there. It's a non-story, because the mainstream media views it as well, not a story.

But it should be.

With terror-linked Hamas taking over the rule of the Palestinian government, Western nations are threatening to shut of the spigot of cash to the colossus of corruption on Israel's border.

Hence, there could be less cash to steal.

But Suha Arafat, Yasser's widow, needn't worry. She has plenty of cash squirreled away.

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