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Carter's Arab financiers (2006-12-21) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061220-092736-3365r.htm To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business. Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" and highly irregular loan from the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). According to a July 29, More >> |
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Saudi Accountability? (2006-11-14) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20150 Responding to last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Saudi Arabia’s role in the war on terror, entitled “Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe in the War on Terror?”, Riyadh’s ambassador to the U.S., Prince Turki al-Faisal, charged the committee members with ignorance. "Judging by the statements More >> |
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Statement before the Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism (2006-06-02) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld public-integrity.org http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications16.htm Mr. Chairman, it is my honor to contribute to the Committee's impor-tant deliberations on the question "Are Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority Credible Partners for Peace?" The answer is a resounding "No!" The reason for this is found in volumes of evidence documenting an unbroken record of deceit, incitement, More >> |
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Saudi Interest in America (2006-01-17) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20927 Many are aware of widespread Saudi investments in the United States, but few know how potentially harmful they are. Moreover, U.S. policy-makers remain unaware of this grave danger. On Sept. 28, 2001, after the attacks on the United States, Osama bin Laden called for financial jihad against the United States, and on Dec. More >> |
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The UN Gives Hamas a Raise (2006-01-06) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20788 The decision taken at the end of December 2005, by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide a large increase in salaries for its thousands of workers, contributes directly to HAMAS’ coffers. The significant raise takes effect this month. The 7.5 – More >> |
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Another Free Pass to The Palestinians (2005-11-23) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen FrontPageMagazine.com http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20268 The Palestinian Authority has yet to comply with even one agreement they have signed since the Oslo Accord. They have violated the Oslo agreement, Oslo II, and the Road Map. Each agreement required the PA to disarm its terrorists and to empower its “security forces” to protect the safety of Israelis as well as More >> |
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Katrina and the War on Terrorism (2005-09-13) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen FrontPageMagazine.com http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19457 The failure of governments to assist the disenfranchised citizens in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories should be a lesson to the U.S. during the fallout from the disastrous hurricane Katrina. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza, succeeded mainly because they provided the social, More >> |
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The Business of Terror (2005-06-17) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18450 On May 11, 2005, Muhamed Mubayyid was arrested and charged in Boston’s District Court for filing false tax returns on behalf of Care International, for which he acted as treasurer.[1] Mubayyid was also the Customer Services manager of the company known as Ptech, a privately owned technology company based in Quincy, More >> |
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In Arafat's Footsteps (2005-05-26) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18202 "Abu Mazen talks about how important it is to stop terrorism, however, he considers all terrorists that have committed atrocities against Israel, as heroes,” said Brig-Gen. Yossi Kupperwasser, Chief Intelligence Analyst for the IDF, yesterday morning. He continued, “He [Abu Mazen] says that terrorism is not good, More >> |
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Kofi's Other Blind Spot (2005-04-22) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17795 The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) released a report on March 2, 2005, expressing its concern regarding “the increasingly sophisticated trade of opiates from Afghanistan.” Yet, Secretary-General Kofi Annan failed to even mention illegal drug trafficking as a global threat in his March 21st plan to More >> |
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Business Before Safety (2005-02-07) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications79.htm "It is currently not cost-effective to spend billions of dollars equipping America's 6800 commercial airliners with systems to guard against attacks from shoulder-fired missiles," concludes the latest RAND study "Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat" published last week. "Cost-effective"? What More >> |
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Where Corruption Rules: The UN is thoroughly tainted (2004-12-14) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld public-integrity.org http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications68.htm Had the U.S not gone ahead with its plan to liberate Iraq, we would have never discovered the extent of the corruption in the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food program. But while Oil-for-Food is the biggest, scope-wise, of any known corruption in an international organization, it is merely the culmination of years of corrupt U.N. practices. More >> |
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Arafat's Billions (2004-07-23) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The New York Sun http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications57.htm Ms. Ehrenfeld is the author of "Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It" and is the director of the American Center for Democracy. The news about Yasser Arafat's demise still proves to be premature. As long as the official Palestinian Authority daily Al Hayat Al Jadida calls for "a bloodless overthrow, More >> |
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Arafat's Pilfered Profits (2004-07-22) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications55.htm The news about Arafat's demise proved yet again to be premature. He is continuing to demonstrate that despite tottering under the failure of the Intifada against the Israelis, the Bush Administration's disgust, the UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen's reprimand, and even the growing resentment of a large portion of the Palestinian More >> |
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The Saudi Connection: Their oil is thicker than our blood. (2004-06-01) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/ehrenfeld200406010834.asp "Forum shopping" is the latest tactic employed by wealthy Saudis seeking to skirt American justice. First, the Saudis funded the World Trade Center terrorist attack that cost the lives of 3,000 Americans. Now the same Saudis are funding a cynical campaign using English libel law to attack Americans' First Amendment rights by More >> |
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The Teflon Terrorists (2004-05-11) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications52.htm Never mind that Yasser Arafat has siphoned off billions in international aid funds from the Palestinian National Fund, and the Palestinian Authority's budget at the expense of every man woman and child living in what might someday be a Palestinian State. The UN Quartet including the United States, the European Union, Russia and More >> |
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Palestinian aid audit (2003-12-13) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld public-integrity.org http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications46.htm This week, the International donor community has been gathered in Rome to approve another contribution of $1.2 billion to the Palestinian Authority for the 2004 budget. The United States, Japan, the European Union and Norway, are the biggest contributors, joined by the Arab League countries and the International Monetary Fund. More >> |
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Aid Donors Turn a Blind Eye to Palestinian Terror (2003-12-11) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications45.htm Donors convening next week in Rome for an international conference on funding the Palestinian Authority's budget are likely to fork over a further $1 billion, ignoring the PA's ongoing use of aid to pay for terrorism. If testimony given to the European Parliament just last month is any guide, supporters of giving aid are More >> |
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The Corruption Of The Palestinian Authority (2003-11-19) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld public-integrity.org http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications42.htm "War is a dream, peace is a nightmare." This statement was made by the chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Yasser Arafat, on June 6, 2001 in an interview with Radio Palestine. It vividly explains both the Intefada that followed, and the continuing bloodshed in the Middle East. It also illustrates Mr. Arafat's vision for More >> |
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Arafat's Seat: Power, money, and terror (2003-11-17) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/ehrenfeld200311170858.asp In an interesting coincidence, both CBS and the BBC carried "exposes" earlier this month of Yasser Arafat's use and abuse of the Palestinian Authority's monies. Among the "revelations" were the payments of $50,000 per month as "living expenses" to members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the terrorist wing of Arafat's Fatah More >> |
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Paying for Terrorism (2003-10-23) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The Wall Street Journal Europe http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications24.htm Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority has systemically diverted funds donated for the development of the Palestinian state to fund terrorism. "Where is the Money Going?" an independent study by the New York- based Center for the Study of Corruption and the Rule of Law, to be released in Brussels today by B'nai Brith Europe, More >> |
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Too Early To Trust (2003-06-31) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The New York Sun http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications34.htm 'If you're interested in peace in the Middle East, then all of us must work together to dismantle terrorist organizations, to cut off money to terrorist organizations," President Bush said during this week's press conference with Prime Minister Sharon. The president's statement, however, is belied by the administration's decision More >> |
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Punishing and Rewarding Terrorism (2003-04-09) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The New York Sun http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications32.htm While America is fighting to liberate the Iraqi people and rid the world of one terrorist regime, it is about to legitimize another by rewarding it with statehood. Going forward with the socalled "Road Map" for Israeli- Palestinian peace now, before real changes take place in the Palestinian Authority, will send a clear signal More >> |
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The European Union and the Palestinian Authority (2003-02-21) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld EUobserver http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications29.htm RACHEL EHRENFELD -"Instead of coming clean, the EU Commission headed by Patten, and the Conference of Presidents thought it was better to sweep the investigation under the carpet." / DEBATE - The European Union's inability to join the US in its war on terrorist regimes is nothing new - it has funded, and continues to fund More >> |
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Why Does The Commission Fear a PA Probe? (2003-01-28) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The Wall Street Journal Europe http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications28.htm Don't Europeans have a right to know how a terrorist spends their money? The European Union has given Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority 540 Million euros since 2000, and the PA has yet to produce a comprehensive account of what it's done with the funds. And yet the European Parliament has still not gathered the signatures More >> |
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EU & the PA Money Trail (2003-01-27) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld World Net Daily http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications26.htm Time is running out for the European members of parliament to launch a probe into the longstanding claim that the Palestinian Authority has misused European taxpayers' money to finance terrorist attacks. British MEP Charles Tannock initiated a petition six months ago to investigate how 540 million Euros given to the PA since 2000 More >> |
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EU funds for PA (2003-01-24) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld World Net Daily http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications27.htm Time is running out for the European members of Parliament to launch a probe into the longstanding claim that the Palestinian Authority has misused European taxpayers' money to finance terrorist attacks. The British MEP Charles Tannock initiated a petition six months ago to investigate how 540 million euros of aid given to the PA More >> |
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Arafatıs Legacy: A case study in terror funding (2002-10-31) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications25.htm The U.S. approach to curtail money flow to terrorists is inadequate," an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, concluded earlier this month. The verdict came on the heels of Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus's statement: "I'm getting the feeling that we really don't More >> |
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Where Does the Money Go? (2002-10-01) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld public-integrity.org http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/money.doc The following is an examination of how the PA, led by Yasser Arafat, has systemically and systematically used corruption and crime, and diverted funds donated for the development of the Palestinian state, to fund terrorism and to enrich its leadership. The PLO In the efforts to stop terrorist financing, the US and international More >> |
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Understanding Terrorist Financing: Past as Prologue A statement (2002-09-24) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Forum http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications23.htm Mr. Chairman, members, and distinguished guests, it is my honor to contribute to these discussions on the subject of terrorist financing. I'm here to shed light on the past, with the hope that this prologue of terrorist funding can be used as a tool to hasten its epilogue. Terrorism is about gaining power through violence, More >> |
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Has Arafat Secretly Amassed a Fortune? (2002-08-15) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The O'Reilly Factor http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications20.htm This is a partial transcript from The O'Reilly Factor, August 14, 2002. Click here: http://fn.emediamillworks.com/fox/ to order the complete transcript. Watch The O'Reilly Factor weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the Radio Factor! BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "Impact" segment tonight, the chief of More >> |
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Arafatıs Stash (2002-08-15) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications19.htm Yesterday's news that Yasser Arafat has a $1.3 billion personal slush fund is no surprise. The information disclosed by Israel's military- intelligence chief emphasized that the stash was not skimmed from aid intended for the Palestinian people (donated by the likes of USAID and the EU), but he refrained from identifying the More >> |
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And a Thief, Too: Yasser Arafat takes what he like (2002-07-29) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications18.htm President Bush's call to change the Palestinian leadership and to bring reform, accountability, and transparency to the Palestinian Authority should focus attention on the financial corruption of Arafat's regime. Before Bush's speech, Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, accurately summed up the situation in the San More >> |
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No Partner: Arafat cannot be negotiated with. (2002-06-11) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld National Review Online http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications17.htm Yasser Arafat should not be given "another chance." He already had too many. The strategy of Arafat and the Palestinian Authority entails the continuous manipulation of "peace talks" through deliberate use of terrorism, most recently through a campaign of "homicide bombings" of unprecedented magnitude. Each new chance More >> |
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Arafat's corruption (2002-04-16) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld World Net Daily http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications15.htm We all know that the Palestinians deserve better. But there is no chance until the world confronts a major problem: the immense corruption of Arafat and the Palestinian Authority. Overlooked is the fact that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza demonstrated against Arafat and his cronies just before the intifada began. And as More >> |
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Synopsis of Rachel Ehrenfield's Evil Money (Harperbusiness, 1992) (2001-11-29) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Northwest Center for Health & Safety http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications12.htm Senator John Kerry, (D. Mass.), in the April 10, 1994 hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations, declared that drugs, drug money laundering, and the crime they spread in their wake are "the most serious criminal threat in history, and perhaps the greatest national More >> |
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Intifada Gives Cover to Arafat's Graft and Fraud (2001-06-22) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld insightmag.com http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications7.htm Foreign leaders applauded President George W. Bush's call for greater transparency in governance in written remarks to the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption held in The Hague on May 28. What remains to be seen is how the Bush administration addresses the appalling corruption of Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA). More >> |
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Corruption Lives (2001-06-05) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld nypress.com http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications6.htm Corruption Lives The Principality of Monaco, a French protectorate, lives mainly off its financial industry, which like other tax havens has its share of dirty money. Despite Monaco's claim that things are under control, it is under pressure from France to clean up its act and stop the "dirty money" and "money laundering," as the More >> |
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Down and out in Palestine (2001-03-15) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications5.htm Any attempt of the Bush administration to restart the peace process in the Middle East must first recognize why the Palestinian economy is on the brink of collapse. According to surveys by the research center of the Israeli Yad Tabenkin, the West Bank per capita gross domestic product (GDP) before the Oslo accord in 1993 More >> |
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Don't bank on corruption (2000-12-29) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications4.htm Four years after the war on corruption was launched by James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, and after many international conventions, multilateral and international agreements against bribery and corruption, corruption still appears to be on the rise. Understandably, Horst Kohler, managing director or of the More >> |
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Cleanup in Indonesia (2000-11-10) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications3.htm It is impossible to overestimate the sheer magnitude and complexity of Indonesia's economic and political problems. These include the rise of radical Islam, nationalism, and the old habits of cronyism that hinder serious steps towards democracy. As radical Islamists, nationalists, and friends of the former dictator Soeharto work to More >> |
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Fighting International Graft, Lending Bodies Can Bolster War on Corruption (1999-09-29) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Washington Times http://www.public-integrity.org/articles/publications2.htm It was James D. Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank, who on October 1996 suggested a "war" against corruption, warning that: "the international community simply must deal with the cancer of corruption, because it is a major barrier to sustainable and equitable development." His statement led the international lending More >> |
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Don't Underrate Arafat's Bank Account (1993-12-02) Rachel Ehrenfeld The Wall Street Journal Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat is currently traveling in Europe with an outstretched palm. Mr. Arafat is warning that the peace process in the Middle East will collapse without financial aid from the West. The PLO is asking for $9 billion to $12 billion in aid over the next five years from the U.S. and others. Two billion dollars were pledged at a special fundraiser in More >> |
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