Whatever the 2013 audit report says (and it studiously side-steps any attempt to tackle the profoundly embarassing matter of PA financial rewards for convicted terrorists), two major points at least should be clear:
1. It’s outrageous that no professional effort had been made to check what was being done by the Palestinians in the previous 13 years. The 2013 audit leaves no audit that money is misapplied, and it’s far from under European control.
2. The Europeans may have inserted ex ante this and ex post that, but the Euros keep flowing into Ramallah. The Abbas insiders keep telling their own people that, as bankrupt as their regime is, there will always be money for those “heroic” Palestinian Arab convicted slaughterers of children and of Holocaust survivors. Review some of the evidence here: “20-May-11: Rewarding the Palestinian Arab terrorists: is this being done in your name?”; “28-Jul-11: Taxpayer-funded salaries to convicted Palestinian Arab terrorists. What a good idea”; and “4-Sep-12: Where’s the shame? How much of your tax dollars went to fund the pension of our child’s murderer? More than you probably thought”. Is it only Europe? Of course not. The US government has very little about which to be proud when it comes to bowing low to the Palestinian Arab passion for lionizing convicted murderers of Jews and placing them on pedestals. (In doubt about what we mean? Please take a moment to review the quotes we brought in this post: 14-Aug-13: Are the Palestinian Arab murderers who are being released at this moment, freedom fighters or terrorists? Let’s check with the State Department“.)
For the record: despite our repeatedly sending personal messages to State Department and White House representatives throughout the more than seven months since we wrote that post, we are still without an answer from Washington.
And in case anyone’s wondering: yes, this leaves us with a very bitter feeling.
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