Tag Archive for Palestinian corruption

| September 22, 2014
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Exposé: Gaza Palestinian’s hatred for Hamas and resentment & anger of the West Bankers

The Gazans may be too scared to speak publicly against Hamas, but the hatred is seen & felt, and they haven’t forgotten that protests from their compatriots during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, were conspicuous in their absence.

By Francesca Borri

 

In the time that has elapsed since the end of the war, Gaza has been trying to return to normal – if you can ever call life in Gaza normal. But under the surface, the suppressed emotions are bubbling.

Central Gaza building hit by the IDF during Protective Edge (Photo: AFP)

Central Gaza building hit by the IDF during Protective Edge – Photo: AFP

The tap water is the same salty sea brine – there has been no potable water coming out of the taps in Gaza for a very long time. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2014
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Exposé: Abbas perpetuates & profits from his people’s misery while claiming ‘it’s Israel’s fault’

The West should not only devote themselves to seeking the freedom of the Palestinian Arabs, rather to protect them from the exploitation of their self-serving gov’t representatives.

By Chloé Simone Valdary

 

The extent to which world leaders and esteemed statesmen deal in duplicity is often as astounding as it is absurd.

Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas

Hamas deputy political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.- Photo: REUTERS

On September 7, Al Jazeera reported that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Hamas of “running a shadow government” and of committing war crimes like “undertaking executions without trial.” Moreover, Israeli-Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh, writing for The Gatestone Institute, reported that Fatah members had issued a strong letter against Hamas for “shooting dozens of their activists in the Gaza Strip in the legs and other parts of the body.” Continue Reading »

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| July 18, 2014
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War is Good! Hamas’ Millionaires’ Club Boasts 1,200 Members

Gaza’s corrupt leaders and other Hamas officials now boast of having over 1,200 millionaires, after its 7 years of successful war profiteering, skimming and theft.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

In 2006 legislative elections, the Palestinian street overwhelmingly voted Hamas to counter rampant financial corruption in the Palestinian Authority. Now, after years of war-profiteering, it seems Hamas itself has become the premier Palestinian millionaires’ club.

Gaza’s millionaire members

Very soon after seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas and its allies began escalating rocket fire against the Jewish state. Given the severity of the Israeli reprisals, that wouldn’t seem very good for business.

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| June 27, 2014
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€1Million a year, & 7 years later, the EU still funds Gaza employees that have no work

The EU’s Gaza farce marches on: Although 7 years later, the EUBAM mission is still on ‘standby’, and the euros are still flowing.

 

In the Sir Humphrey-esque world of European Union waste, the EUBAM mission in Gaza might just be the jewel in the crown.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

Sir Humphrey, you may recall, took great pride in the perfect efficiency of a hospital that operated within budget and had no waiting-lists. Its only problem and the reason for its success: No patients.

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| April 14, 2014
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EU official with common sense: Europe should reevaluate funding policy to PA

European Court: Palestinians ‘lost’ €1.95 billion of aid money:

* EU aid funds terrorist, their families and pensions for convicted murders

* EU aid funds launching of missiles into civilian cities

* EU aid made 1000’s of millionaires from lack of transparency

European Parliament budget committee chairman reports, “The Palestinian Authority is the only body that receives EU funds regardless of its human rights record or economic performance.”

By Yoni Hirsch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Citing the dangers of corruption and lack of transparency, European Parliament Budget Committee Chairman Michael Theurer authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last week calling on the European Union to reconsider its funding to the Palestinian Authority.

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| April 3, 2014
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Palestinian Authority negotiating deal to pay Israel its electricity bill

Negotiations with the Palestinians over its ballooning debt to the Israel Electric Corp are making process, even as peace negotiations unravel.

By Avi Bar-Eli

 

 

Even as United States-sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians unravel, quiet negotiations over 1.4 billion shekels ($402 million) in unpaid electricity bills owed by the Palestinians are making progress.

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The Israel Electric Corporation provides the Palestinians about 7% of its total production via high-voltage electricity lines. – Photo: Reuters

The debt, which has been run up by the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to pay the Israel Electric Corporation for power supplied in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, has almost doubled in the past year.

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| March 20, 2014
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Fatah: 1,700 Hamas Millionaires in Gaza from ‘taxing’ aid

Fatah accuses Hamas of not representing the Palestinians people, claiming its officials are meddling in Egyptian internal affairs & getting rich by exploiting their own citizens.

By Dalit Halevi, Ari Yashar

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction went on the offensive Thursday, claiming that Hamas in Gaza is corrupt and “doesn’t represent the Palestinian people.”

Top Hamas billionaire kleptocrats, Ismail Haniyeh (R) with Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal (L) – Reuters

 

Fatah Spokesman Ahmad Assaf told Erem News that Hamas’s attempts to influence Egypt’s inner workings are “unacceptable,” noting the ties between Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, both of which have been outlawed in the Nile state for their part in terror attacks. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2014
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Incredible compilation of Palestinian corruption, the EU & US won’t look at

Since 1994, the EU has provided certain representatives of the Palestinian people with financial support of nearly €5.6 billion.

Discounting Arab & American contributors to this scam, Europe gives the PA 40% ABOVE the annual budget of Sydney, Australia, a city of roughly the same population.

 

Need I ask: Where has this money gone?…and why do the Palestinians continue to receive free money?

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Surprise !!! Corruption in the Palestinian Authority

A member of US Congress has called to cut off aid to the PA,  due to the growing impact of PMW – Palestinian Media Watch exposure  of salaries being paid to terrorists . Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2014
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Exiled Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan aspires to replace Abbas

 

Fatah officials deny rumors that ousted Dahlan is vying to replace Palestinian President, but Palestinian voters may welcome him.

By Abdullah H. Erakat,  the Media Line

 

RAMALLAH – Mohammad Dahlan, the former leader of Fatah in Gaza who was expelled from the party three years ago, has quietly begun his campaign for president of the Palestinian Authority, a political analyst says.

Mohammed Dahlan during an interview with The Associated Press - Photo: Majdi Mohammed

Mohammed Dahlan during an interview with The Associated Press – Photo: Majdi Mohammed

A spokesperson for Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called the news “rumors.”

“He’s a fact that nobody can ignore in the daily political life,” Khalil Shaheen, a Palestinian political analyst, told The Media Line. Continue Reading »

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| February 25, 2014
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Dahlan: Mahmoud Abbas pursuing peace negotiations with Israel for personal financial gain

Muhammad Dahlan, ousted from Fatah by PA President, says Abbas and his Palestinian negotiators are “filling their sacks”, and don’t care about the rights of the Palestinian people.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Ousted Fatah official Muhammad Dahlan accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his confidants of taking part in negotiations with Israel for their own political and financial benefit, and not in order to win rights for the Palestinian people.

Dahlan & Mahmoud Abbas - Photo: TARA TODRAS-WHITEHILL / REUTERS

Dahlan & Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: TARA TODRAS-WHITEHILL / REUTERS

Speaking in an interview with Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Dahlan, a long-time rival of Abbas and the former security commander in the Gaza Strip, said that he was not against the principle of negotiations, however the talks in their current form constitute “a crime against the people fighting for freedom.” Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2014
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Palestinians arrests former Hamas spokesman, confiscate property over alleged corruption


Hamas says former spokesman Ayman Taha, known in Gaza for his extravagant lifestyle, was not suspected of working with foreign powers such as Israel or Egypt.

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Hamas, the Islamist movement ruling the Gaza Strip, announced that Ayman Taha, a senior member of the organization and former spokesman, was arrested several days ago and interrogated by the authorities for alleged corruption charges.

Hundreds of Palestinian Hamas policemen march

Hundreds of Palestinian Hamas policemen march during their graduation ceremony at the Arafat Police Academy in Gaza City, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – Photo: AP

A statement issued by the organization on Friday explicitly stated that Taha was not suspected of working with foreign powers such as Israel or Egypt.

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| January 18, 2014
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UK parliament begins investigation into funding for UNRWA – perpetuating refugees

A British parliamentary committee was formed in response to heavy lobbying by pro-Israel organizations to consider weather perpetuating the refugee problem is contributing to the status quo & a de facto deterrent to the peace process.

By YUVAL PAIS, THE POST

 

 

 

The British parliament has formed a committee of inquiry to probe the flow of funds used by the international refugee agency UNRWA to support the Palestinians, according to an exclusive report first revealed on Saturday by The Jerusalem Post‘s Hebrew-language sister publication, The Post.

Former Labor Party MK Einat Wilf Addresses Knesset - Photo: Facebook profile

Former Labor Party MK Einat Wilf Addresses Knesset – Photo: Facebook profile

According to the report, the British government contributes 90 million pounds annually in aid to the Palestinians. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2013
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Muslim Academic Finds the Palestinians, Not Israel, Ruining the Temple Mount

Palestinian-Jordanian activists finds corrupt & indifferent Islamic authorities in charge of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, responsible for its deterioration. 

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

Writing for the Gatestone Institute, Palestinian academic Mudar Zahran discovers that it is local Islamic authorities, and not Israel, that are truly threatening the future of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Palestinian protesters react during clashes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's old city. - Photo REUTERS

Palestinian protesters react during clashes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s old city. – Photo: REUTERS

Long have local Muslims accused Israel of trying to “Judaize”, destroy and cleanse the Islamic presence from the Temple Mount, which today is occupied by two large mosques, one of which, the Al Aqsa Mosque, is now claimed as Islam’s third holiest site. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2013
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1 in 5 Gazans receiving EU salaries don’t actually work

European Court of Auditors, which ‘lost’ 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in Gaza, reported that at one place, out of 125 paid Palestinian employees, 90 weren’t working.

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European Union auditors are recommending that the EU stop paying the salaries of Palestinian civil servants in Gaza who don’t work.

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Palestinians gather around Hamas militants as they take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City November 14, 2013.- Photo: Reuters

The findings were made public Wednesday by  in EU financial support to the Palestinian Authority has been used. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2013
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Is Israel Really Destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Is Al-Aqsa really a sacred site, or is it a tool to collect donations by trying to elicit global Islamic sympathy… just a goose that lays ‘golden eggs’ for its managers?

By Mudar Zahran

 

 

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, was built on the Temple Mount — which is the holiest site in Judaism, where the Temple that was destroyed nearly 2000 years ago stood.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. – Photo courtesy:: Godot13/WikiMedia Commons

The Al-Aqsa Mosque has been one of the items at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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