{"id":14614,"date":"2012-07-11T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14614"},"modified":"2012-07-11T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T17:26:40","slug":"which-way-did-the-money-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14614","title":{"rendered":"Which Way Did The Money Go ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>\u00a0posted a story today about the lifestyle of Palestinian Authority<\/a> President Mahmoud Abbas<\/a>. Mr. Abbas has allegedly deposited\u00a0nearly $13 million in U.S. taxpayer aid into a secret bank account.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Obama administration is not providing proper oversight for the $600 million in U.S. foreign aid to the P.A., Schanzer (\u00a0Jonathan Schanzer<\/a>, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies<\/a>) noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWashington should simply acknowledge that there is a problem,\u201d he said. \u201cThe staff at the U.S. Consulate General in East Jerusalem reportedly knows that Palestinians<\/a> believe their ruling elites are corrupt. But for reasons that are not entirely clear, the State Department<\/a> has yet to issue a clear statement to address the issue, or what it intends to do about it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elliott Abrams<\/a>, a former national security adviser for George W. Bush<\/a>, recounted the behind-the-scenes talks he had with Arab leaders who refused to support the P.A.\u2019s corrupt institutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you from my own experience, as an American official seeking financial assistance for the P.A. from Gulf Arab governments, that I was often told, \u2018Why should we give them money when their officials will just steal it?\u201d said<\/a> Abrams, who noted that 82 percent of Palestinians believe their government is unethical. \u201cCorruption is an insidious destroyer not only of Palestinian public finances but of faith in the entire political system.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems to me that cutting aid to the Palestinians might be a very easy way to cut some government spending. If Mr. Abbas chooses to take part in ‘lifestyles of the rich and famous,’ the least he can do is do it on his own dime–not the backs of American taxpayers.<\/p>\n

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