Now this is truly something to send one into the streets:

At least £400 million in public funds was squandered or stolen by former Palestinian Authority officials, it emerged yesterday, delivering a fresh boost to the radical Hamas group, which in part owed its election victory to claims of widespread corruption in the rival Fatah movement.

Ahmed al-Moghani, the Palestinian attorney-general, told a press conference in Gaza City the final total could be “billions of dollars.” He said 25 officials had been arrested so far, while ten had fled abroad.

Perspective, priorities.