PA directly funds terrorists.

The Palestinian Authority, headed by Yasser Arafat, is paying members of a Palestinian militant organisation which has been responsible for carrying out suicide attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, a BBC investigation has found.
A total of up to $50,000 a month is being sent to members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed group that emerged shortly after the outbreak of the current Palestinian intifada.

news.bbc.co.uk...

Yet more proof that Arafat is up to his neck in terrorism.
There are many here who claim that Arafat is weak or that he has no power over the terrorist groups. If that is the case why does he fund them? The excuse that he is merely paying salaries and that the money is not enough to buy weapons with is hollow.
As for being weak?

"Asked if al-Aqsa would formally end hostilities with Israeli if asked to by Mr Arafat, Zakaria Zubaydi, the leader of the group in Jenin says:

"Of course. But he won't order us to do this until Israel stops the assassinations."

He adds: "When Arafat calls for a ceasefire, we will respect his decision and stop."


The first requirement of the roadmap was that the PA deal with the terrorist organisations. As you can see, Arafat could have done this merely by opening his mouth. Yet instead he funded them.

Well............................let's not even talk about the $100,000 Arafat transfers from funds directed to the Palestinian Authority to his wife, "Suha" who lives in Paris and who still proclaims to be a christian...........nor the $800,000,000+ that Arafat has acumulated in his private account(s) from aid that was originally designated for and to the PA.........
WOrd has it that Arafat's personal fortune is worth upwards of 1-3 billion dollars......
Anyone recall that Clinton was going to offer Arafat 40 billion dollars to make a peace deal with the Israelis but Arafat supposedly refused?

I am almost sure that US dollars are involved being that just this year alone, the US has given a 400+ million for foreign aid.

Be assurd.....that money could be well spent on say the Palestinian "refugee" camps, the people, towards establishing a strong Palestinian economy, and such.......
It seems that the priority of Arafat, as always has been, is the finalization of the PA/Hamas Charter, which obviously "dictates/justifies" the continued funding of militant/terrorist groups aimed at Israel.


regards
seekerof

Phew.

Just stopped by to check it wasn't ATS Mod ProudAmerican, or the state of Pennsylvania.

Sounds like business as usual to me, in the business of mutual finger-pointing and escalation of conflict with the occasional cease fire to pay homage (lip service) to some masterwork of a peace plan.

Two solids cannot occupy the same space. And that is not a recommendation for liquefication or vaporization.

A little more:
"Arafat 'diverted $300m of public money to Swiss bank account'
Link:
www.telegraph.co.uk.../news/2003/11/09/wmid09.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/11/09/ixnewstop.html


Who said Terrorism doesn't pay?


regards
seekerof

And more:
"Arafat stole $5.1 million foreign aid: Arab daily describes Yasser's 'theft' of funds meant for needy Palestinians"
Link:
www.wnd.com...



regards
seekerof

Originally posted by MaskedAvatar


Sounds like business as usual to me, in the business of mutual finger-pointing and escalation of conflict with the occasional cease fire to pay homage (lip service) to some masterwork of a peace plan.

That's the point about the whole issue though, MA.
If the Israelis or US fund terror groups everyone jumps on the bandwagon and condemns. Yet if the PA does the same thing it gets swept under the carpet.
What makes this situation even more unpalatable is that all of this is going on whilst Arafat was supposed to be making peace.
You claim that a lip service for peace is taking place yet I dispute that the PA has even undertaken that.
Then to cap it all you have a new cabinet in the PA that Arafat has yet again got complete control of.

It seems to be one rule for one side and no rules for the other.

How can anyone claim that Israel is the sole responsible block to a Palestinian peace when Arafat is so brazenly obstructing it himself?

Arafat is a power freak. There is direct proof that he controls his side of the bargaining table and that he is neither weak nor wants peace as a large proportion of people here would claim.
From the Israeli appeasers point of view, two wrongs do not make a right, but when you view the playing field you can plainly see that it is not level.

Did anyone see the 60 minutes article on Arafat? It pretty much laid out his corruption. How he diverted Palestinian-Arab sales taxes to his personal accounts, how he granted monopolies to his friends, how is net worth is estimated to be between 1 and 3 billion dollars, all of it monies that were supposed to go to help the Palestinian-Arab people.

Interesting article from the folks at PNAC:
"Arafat -- Three Billion Dollar Man"
Link:
www.newamericancentury.org...

*edit*
And the full trnascript from the 60 Minutes interview:
www.imra.org.il...
www.cbsnews.com...


regards
seekerof

[Edited on 11-11-2003 by Seekerof]

Interesting notes in the original article referenced, that nobody seems to want to bring up. Sorry to ruin all your hate-mongering.


"He says the money is intended to ensure that al-Aqsa members were not influenced by outside organisations to carry out further suicide bombings. Al-Aqsa has not claimed to have carried out any suicide bombings since May...

Asked how the Palestinian Authority could be sure that the money was not spent on weapons, Mr Hamayel replied: "The amount sent to them is very small. At most, it's not more than $250 per person. How can anyone buy weapons with this amount of money?"...

Asked if al-Aqsa would formally end hostilities with Israeli if asked to by Mr Arafat, Zakaria Zubaydi, the leader of the group in Jenin says:

"Of course. But he won't order us to do this until Israel stops the assassinations."

He adds: "When Arafat calls for a ceasefire, we will respect his decision and stop." :

Sorry, I know you like to think the world is completely black and white, evil vs good, Jew vs Arab, Arafat vs God.


jakomo


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[Edited on 12-11-2003 by Jakomo]

If there's one thing we should all understand by now is that blame can be ascribed to elements within both sides. Their goal is not peace, but perpetual conflict. It is this clandestine element that works to short-circuit any true progress.

The question should be, for the sake of all Arabs and Jews, how to expunge these monsters from both sides?

(Most of the foot-soldiers probably don't even understand how they're being played.)

[Edited on 19-09-2003 by EastCoastKid]

Its the corrputing nature of authority. Doesn't matter the nationality, color, gender or ideology. They've been pissing on us since the beginning.
The only true govenment is self-government.
Keep paying those taxes, folks!