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by Bassam Tawil • March 29, 2018
at 5:00 am
- The failure of the
donors -- mainly the US and the EU -- to demand accountability
and transparency from the Palestinian Authority has deprived
Palestinians of a significant part of the funds.
- It has also
encouraged Palestinian leaders to continue pocketing millions
of dollars, enriching their private and hidden bank accounts.
- The Palestinians, of
course, are the primary victims in this story.
Pictured:
Mahmoud Abbas' $17.5 million "presidential palace" near
Ramallah. After facing criticism over the project, Abbas decided to
convert the palace into a huge national library. (Image source:
Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction)
A report published this week offers a rare glance
into the secret world of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was
established in 1994 in accordance with the Oslo Accords signed
between Israel and the PLO.
Headed by Mahmoud Abbas, the PA has since received
billions of dollars in aid from the US, EU and several other donor
countries.
However, the failure of the donors to demand accountability
and transparency from the Palestinian Authority has deprived
Palestinians of a significant part of the funds. It has also
encouraged Palestinian leaders to continue pocketing millions of
dollars, enriching their private and hidden bank accounts.
One would have expected the Western donors to have
woken up and noticed that Palestinian leaders are misusing the
taxpayer money they send.
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