Kesher Talk

Tracking Yasser Arafat's dirty money: The Jewish Internet Association points out a new B'Nai Brith analysis, written by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld. The study, "Where does the money go?" (PDF file; Adobe Acrobat required) details the criminal sources of Yasser Arafat's money (drugs, money laundering, smuggling, counterfeiting), the funds extorted from the Palestinian economy (taxes, monopolies, bribes, protection money) as well as the billions received from international agencies and donor countries including the United States. How much reaches the lower levels of Palestinian society? Hardly any. Arafat's henchmen have certainly gotten a lot of it, building lavish mansions (complete with swimming pools in the desert), sending their children to private schools in Europe, and developing huge slush funds in untouchable private bank accounts. Much of this is documented on the public record, but the flow of funds continues unabated.

posted by Howard @ 11/11/2002 08:39:50 AM