Where's the Money?

The palestinian authority's (pa) new finance minister (Salam Fayed) has discovered that more than 700 hundred million dollars transferred to the pa since Hamas rose to power have "disappeared."

The only conceivable reason for this declaration is that the new finance minister wants "deniability" in the misuse of the "humanitarian aid" to the palestinians.

What does "disappeared" mean in this case? How much has gone to weapons? Bribes? Graft? Corruption in the government? (I assume Mrs. Arafat has enough money now that she no longer gets millions every year from the pa.)

What a wonderful illustration of how much the palestinian leadership cares about their people.

Humanitarian aid "disappearing" strongly supports the image of the "poor palestinians" who suffer... at the hands of their own leadership!

If Arab nations or the pa actually cared about the palestinians' economic condition, it would have been improved many years ago.

When will the world realize that it is because the palestinians are the political pawns of Arab leaders that they suffer -- not because of Israel or Jews.

Do some research. Find out how much charitable aid is given to Arabs by Jews around the world. Then subtract all of the humanitarian aid that's "disappeared" from the amount given by the rest of the world to see who's really helping.