i agree that nabulsi was more interested in making money from this than he was interested in human rights, ok he has american passport but his mentality is still that of an lebanese palestinian, i know how this people think and what they do in uae to make money.
bad luck for sheikh eissa that he ran away to usa, if sheikh eissa was that inhuman he would let nabulsi disappear , but i agree a western passport protects you in uae, we are not all the same here.
the police is treating people different that is a fact.my asian housemaid is definetely not treated in the same way like me.
i feel safe and comfortable in uae but maybe as a westerner it is easy to say this.
Yes Nabulsi is a thief. All can see he had vile intentions when he took and smuggled the video out. The things are not as it is seen in the video. It was edited to look that way. All his claims of harrasment are untrue. He stole a lot of money from Sheikh Issa and had all along plotted the scheme to blackmail Sheikh Issa. Before his dismissal the accounts of the palace were audited and it was found that he misappropriated huge amounts of money. He was not arrested or harrased. He was only asked to repay the money that he had stollen. When he failed to do so he, a case was charged against him. It was then that the cat was out of the bag.
Under normal circumstances he would have had to spend a longer time in prison for his crime but as you mentioned, being an American citizen, he had requests from the American embassy and his wife requested Sheikh Issa for his release and Sheikh Issa had pardoned him and requested for his release. He and his family left with all their assets.
Under his management he was keeping Sheikh Issa ignorant of the going ons in the palace affairs and also at the same time plotting to defame Sheikh Issa with intentions of black mailing him. That is how he had cunningly plotted against Sheikh Issa and the also cooked up vile stories about Sheikh Issa and the government. The police department under Sheikh Saif is just and are run by capable hands. Only when the law is broken, then they are strict and just. Nabulsi met his justice with the goverment because of his wrong doings and not because of injustice.
Another point about prefrential treatment of different nationalites, it is not the mistake of the UAE government if other embassies do not look after their own people. If the Western governements look after their citizens better than the Asian embassies, it is not the fault of the UAE government. And the number of citizens from asian countries surpasses any of the western countries.
Like I said earlier, UAE is one of the best places to live in if you abide by the rules. Although it is a Muslim state, it is considerate of all other religions of the world. The UAE governmnet allows people of all religions to practice their religion in full freedom and celebrate other religious festivals in freedom. In all my years in UAE I never felt oppressed.
By nature Sheikh Issa is a queit and nature loving person. He loves the dunes and landscape and is very much interested in farming and beautifying his property. He is honest and never misuses his athority or the government machinery. If you are truthful to him, he will do anything to help you nomatter to which category you belong to. We should not crusify him just beacause he is a royal and expect him to be saint. He should be given the chance atleast of a normal human being.
