In April 2006, the Hamas-led new government of the Palestinian National Authority in Gaza appointed a new director-general to head the para-military “Executive Force” in charge of security in the Strip. The new director-general, Jamal Abu Samhadana, was no ordinary militant. He had lived for a majority of the preceding quarter century in exile, spent 19 months as a detainee of the Palestinian Authority, and was reportedly the second name on Israel’s “most wanted” list. Gideon Meir, spokesperson at the time for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, likened his appointment to “allowing the fox to guard the chicken coop.”
In Anambra State, the fox now guards the chicken coop, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
