daniela la notturna
Feb 19 2004, 13:53
L’Anp non usò gli aiuti Ue per finanziare il "terrorismo". Demolito uno dei cardini della propaganda di guerra israeliana
19 febbraio 2004 Bruxelles Il denaro dell'Unione europea non è servito né direttamente né indirettamente a finanziare il cosiddetto terrorismo palestinese. E' la conclusione di un'indagine condotta dall'Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode e anticipata dal quotidiano francese Liberation. Secondo l'inchiesta, l'Anp di Yasser Arafat non avrebbe utilizzato gli aiuti finanziari, concessi dall'Unione, per sostenere organizzazioni come le Brigate dei martiri di Al Aqsa. Il rapporto, che verrà pubblicato ufficialmente in marzo, dovrebbe smentire le accuse lanciate sin dall'inizio della nuova Intifada dal governo israeliano e numerose organizzazioni ebraiche per convincere l'Ue a prendere le distanze dal presidente palestinese.
Se il testo del rapporto, per il momento provvisorio, dovesse essere confermato, si tratterebbe di un duro colpo per i detrattori di Arafat, come sottolinea il giornale: "in particolare per il deputato europeo Francois Zimeray (socialista, francese) che, da tre anni, ha consacrato tutte le sue energie a mostrare la doppiezza" del presidente dell'Autorità palestinese. In discussione, erano soprattutto le "somme versate all'Anp fra novembre 2002 e dicembre 2002, complessivamente 230 milioni di euro", ha spiegato Emma Udwin, portavoce del commissario Ue alle Relazioni esterne, Chris Patten.
"Abbiamo versato questi aiuti, perché, dall'inizio della seconda Intifada, il governo israeliano ha sospeso i pagamenti che spettavano all'Anp, come le tasse sul valore aggiunto o i diritti doganali". La Commissione ritiene che gli aiuti siano serviti a evitare una crisi umanitaria e che fossero giustificati, nonostante l'assenza di un bilancio pubblico, come esiste in uno "Stato vero e proprio". Del resto, come precisato dalla Udwin, "il denaro non è stato versato senza controlli, i dieci milioni di euro mensili venivano elargiti soltanto quando il Fondo monetario internazionale ci forniva la garanzia che si conoscesse la destinazione".
http://www.forumpalestina.org
Antonio
Feb 24 2004, 20:57
Daniela, non conosco l'inglese. Ma dicono che la situazione sia un po' diversa da come ti hanno informato.
By HERB KEINON
The European Union's anti-fraud unit (OLAF) believes documents Israel provided showing Palestinian Authority financial support for terrorism are authentic, Israeli diplomatic officials said Thursday.
The German daily Die Welt reported last week that suspicion is growing that money from PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's office was transferred to terrorist organizations.
This means that EU funds were used to help finance terrorism for the first two years of the current violence.
The EU budgeted some 10 million euros a month to the PA from the fall of 2000, when the current violence erupted, to the fall of 2002, when questions about usage of the funds forced the European Commission to stop payments.
The documents Israel provided were taken from Arafat's office during Operation Defensive Shield in March 2002 and transferred to the EU by the Defense Ministry.
OLAF representatives reportedly visited Israel recently and are in the midst of writing a report on the matter that will be submitted to the European Commission, and will also be presented to the European Parliament.
Israeli diplomatic officials discounted the possibility that this report will be buried, like a recent European Commission report from a think tank on a rise in anti-Semitism, because the OLAF report is akin to a state comptroller's report.
According to Die Welt, the documents indicate a link between Arafat and the Aksa Brigades, which is part of his Fatah movement.
OLAF responded to the report by issuing a statement saying it has "not finalized its investigation."
"Therefore, any conclusions attributed to OLAF are premature and are not confirmed by evidence."
The statement said that, while the investigation is continuing, "OLAF expects all the institutions with whom it holds briefings in camera to refrain from comments or speculation on the OLAF inquiry."
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, head of Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, has filed a NIS 100 million suit in Tel Aviv District Court against the EU on behalf of the Blumberg family, which was decimated by a terrorist attack in August 2001.
Palestinian policemen opened fire on the Blumberg car near their home in Karnei Shomron, murdering Tehiya Blumberg, the mother of five and five months' pregnant, and leaving her husband Stephen and daughter Tziporah seriously wounded.
The law suit alleges that the EU recklessly provided the PA with massive sums of financial aid, while knowing that the money was being diverted from its intended civilian purposes to Palestinian terrorist groups. The court papers assert that the EU was repeatedly warned by Israel that its aid was financing Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
The plaintiffs allege that the EU failed to undertake any steps to monitor or scrutinize how the PA was utilizing the donated money. Darshan-Leitner on Thursday called for the OLAF report to be released, and said its findings – as reported in Die Welt – support the plaintiffs' claims
Per una volta, l'Unione Europea dà ragione ad Israele (forse).
Saluti. Antonio.
daniela la notturna
Feb 25 2004, 00:04
| QUOTE (Antonio @ Feb 24 2004, 20:57) | Daniela, non conosco l'inglese. Ma dicono che la situazione sia un po' diversa da come ti hanno informato.
By HERB KEINON
The European Union's anti-fraud unit (OLAF) believes documents Israel provided showing Palestinian Authority financial support for terrorism are authentic, Israeli diplomatic officials said Thursday.
The German daily Die Welt reported last week that suspicion is growing that money from PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's office was transferred to terrorist organizations.
This means that EU funds were used to help finance terrorism for the first two years of the current violence.
The EU budgeted some 10 million euros a month to the PA from the fall of 2000, when the current violence erupted, to the fall of 2002, when questions about usage of the funds forced the European Commission to stop payments.
The documents Israel provided were taken from Arafat's office during Operation Defensive Shield in March 2002 and transferred to the EU by the Defense Ministry.
OLAF representatives reportedly visited Israel recently and are in the midst of writing a report on the matter that will be submitted to the European Commission, and will also be presented to the European Parliament.
Israeli diplomatic officials discounted the possibility that this report will be buried, like a recent European Commission report from a think tank on a rise in anti-Semitism, because the OLAF report is akin to a state comptroller's report.
According to Die Welt, the documents indicate a link between Arafat and the Aksa Brigades, which is part of his Fatah movement.
OLAF responded to the report by issuing a statement saying it has "not finalized its investigation."
"Therefore, any conclusions attributed to OLAF are premature and are not confirmed by evidence."
The statement said that, while the investigation is continuing, "OLAF expects all the institutions with whom it holds briefings in camera to refrain from comments or speculation on the OLAF inquiry."
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, head of Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, has filed a NIS 100 million suit in Tel Aviv District Court against the EU on behalf of the Blumberg family, which was decimated by a terrorist attack in August 2001.
Palestinian policemen opened fire on the Blumberg car near their home in Karnei Shomron, murdering Tehiya Blumberg, the mother of five and five months' pregnant, and leaving her husband Stephen and daughter Tziporah seriously wounded.
The law suit alleges that the EU recklessly provided the PA with massive sums of financial aid, while knowing that the money was being diverted from its intended civilian purposes to Palestinian terrorist groups. The court papers assert that the EU was repeatedly warned by Israel that its aid was financing Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
The plaintiffs allege that the EU failed to undertake any steps to monitor or scrutinize how the PA was utilizing the donated money. Darshan-Leitner on Thursday called for the OLAF report to be released, and said its findings – as reported in Die Welt – support the plaintiffs' claims
Per una volta, l'Unione Europea dà ragione ad Israele (forse).
Saluti. Antonio. |
Caro Antonio, se non conosci l'inglese perchè invii un articolo in questa lingua? Ti è stato segnalato da qualcuno che, invece, lo conosce? L'articolo che hai inviato è interessante, ma potrei conoscerne la fonte e la data in cui è stato pubblicato? Cordialmente.
Antonio
Feb 25 2004, 09:55
Daniela, mi chiedi : "... se non conosci l'inglese perchè invii un articolo in questa lingua? " R: Ne ho letto la traduzione su Google. Lo ho ritenuto interessante. Purtroppo la traduzione automatica è approssimativa. Mi permette di comprendere il senso dell'articolo, ma non di apprezzarlo.
"... ma potrei conoscerne la fonte e la data in cui è stato pubblicato?" R: ... L'Alberino De Gerusalemme (The Jerusalem Post) 02/13/2004
Saluti. Antonio.
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