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Arafat Pockets $14 Million in 60 Days
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Arafat continues to directly receive as much as 10% of the official PA budget. According to a report released Monday by the PA Finance Ministry, Arafat's office received more than NIS 62 million ($14 million) during the past two months. NIS 2m. went for the salaries of officials and employees in Arafat's office, but there is no accounting for the remaining NIS 60m. Arafat's office received an amount roughly equal to the funds allocated in the same period to the PA Health Ministry, which oversees dozens of ill-equipped and understaffed hospitals and clinics.