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PA seizes $3 million Iran sent Islamic Jihad
By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Last Update: 15/08/2003 08:22
The Palestinian preventive security apparatus, under Mohammed Dahlan, recently seized $3 million sent from Iran for the Islamic Jihad organization in the territories.
The money, which arrived indirectly via Arab countries, was confiscated by the Palestinian Authority, and then distributed to charity organizations.
In the seven weeks since agreeing on the cease-fire, the
PA has taken steps to reduce incitement against Israel and to tighten its control over PA funds. However, the control is not complete and PA chairman Yasser Arafat and his security services have their own funds.
Israeli sources say the Palestinian leadership sees these acts as fighting terrorism. PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Minister for Security Affairs Dahlan have not carried out any real action against the terror organizations. Even the "90-day plan" on security issues that Dahlan presented to the United States is hardly being implemented, except for organizational steps, the Israeli sources say.
Dahlan and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz met for four hours Thursday evening to discuss transferring more cities to Palestinian control and PA action against terror. They are planning to meet again on Friday or Sunday, Israel Radio
reported.
Israel said it was prepared to hand over Qalqilyah and Jericho, Israel Radio reported, and the Palestinians asked for control over Ramallah.
Mofaz told Dahlan that the transfer depended on Palestinian willingness to take "real action against the terror organizations," Israel Radio reported. They also discusses ways to advance the peace process.
Palestinian sources described the talks as positive, but said that no agreements were reached.
Following the meeting, an Israeli security source said that "our goal is to advance the peace process, not to crush it."
Mofaz met Thursday morning with U.S. envoy to the Middle East John Wolf and called on him to press Dahlan and Abbas to take action against terror.
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