(IMRA/Yediot Ahronot) - According to documents seized during Operation Defensive Shield, as far back as 1997, Arafat had begun to transfer men, weapons, and funds from the official security organizations to Tanzim cells designed to attack Israel. Arafat approved, with his signature, all expenditures for military needs over $250, and all support for fugitives and martyrs. The entire organizational memory of the PA, containing its deepest secrets, has fallen into Israeli hands.
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