Thursday, 27 July 2006
CQ: Hamas Skims Off The Top
Contributed by Bill Faith

Remember all the sob stories Hamas plied about how the international sanctions on their group had Palestinians starving in the street? Journalists from around the world issued hysterical alarms about how cutting off salaries of Palestinian Authority civil servants would collapse the economy and cause untold human suffering? Apparently, all of that concern did not reach the upper levels of Hamas itself, which has skimmed the international aid it has received for salaries of senior officials:

Some of the Arab League money recently transferred to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been paid out to Hamas ministers this week, according to PA sources. ...

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 27, 2006 at 05:44 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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