Former PLO Treasurer Says Arafat Stole Aid Funds

(Ha'aretz) - The PLO's former treasurer, Jaweed al-Ghussein, 71, was held under house arrest in Gaza for a year and a half until two weeks ago, and then spirited out of the country with Israeli help. Now in London for medical treatment, al-Ghussein charges that Arafat "took aid money and contributions that were earmarked for the Palestinian people to his own account."


2002-08-19 00:00:00

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