Text: Proof Arafat financing terror with Arafat's signature

Aaron Lerner Date: 4 April 2002

The IDF website now features two captured documents bearing Arafat's
signature [both original Arabic and translation]
http://www.idf.il/arafat/english/index_files/frame.htm

The following are the English translations with explanatory material in [*
brackets] provided by the IDF Spokesperson:
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#1
The Palestinian Liberation Organization
The Palestinian National Authority
The President's Bureau

To the Fighting President

Brother Abu-Amar, may the Lord protect you,

Greetings,

I hereby request you to allocate financial aid in the sum of $2500 for the
following brethren:

1. Ra'ad el Karmi [*former commander of the Tanzim in Tulkarem]
2. Ziad Muhammed Daas [* commander of a group in the Fatah/Tanzim Tulkarem
that masterminded the attack on the Bat-Mitzvah ceremony in Hadera)
3. Amar Qadan [* a senior activist in the Presidential Security/Force 17 in
Ramallah, involved in the activities of the operational cell.]

Thank you,
Your son, Hussein al Sheik
[* senior Fatah activist in the West Bank]

[* in Yasser Arafat's handwriting]

Treasury/Ramallah
Allocate $600 to each of them.

Yasser Arafat [*signature]
(19 September 2001)
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#2
20 JAN-02 SUN 16:01 FATAH OFFICE FAX NO. 022985729
Sep 29'84 17:50 P.001

[* This is a fax that was sent twice: the first time from Ra'ad el Karmi to
Marwan Barghouti - the head of Fatah/Tanzim for the West Bank and the second
time from Barghouti to Arafat]

To fighter brother Abu al Kassam

Greetings,

Subject: Urgent Financial Aid

1. Jamil Hamad Adwan
2. Majid Yussuf Subhi Jarad
3. Mahmud Raleb Mahmud Altahel
4. Mannsur Saleh Sharim
5. Subhi Yussuf Jarad
6. Iyad Abed Al Rahim Jarad
7. Hazem Wael Subhi Hetab
8. Ahmed Sameh Al Adrisi
9. Sami Mahmud Dib Sabeh
10. Iyad Nasser
11. Marad Mustafa Abed Al Rahman Abdu
12. Muhamed Sharif Zidan
[* the above are known Fatah operational activists in Tulkarem]

Sincerely,
Your brother,
Ra'ad al Karmi

[*was head of Fatah/Tanzim infrastructure in Tulkarem]

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To Brother President Abu Amar, may the Lord protect him,
Greetings,
I request of you to order the allocation of a thousand dollars for each of
the fighter brethren.

Sincerely,
Marwan Al Barghouti

[* below in Arafat's handwriting]

The Treasury/Ramallah
Please allocate $350 to each.

Yasser Arafat [*signature]
7 January 2002

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Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
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