Former Tel Aviv Mayor Roni Milo, now Israel\'s Minister of Regional Cooperation, met with a group of Jordan Valley regional leaders, and told them that their ecological problems might be partially solved by carrying out joint programs with neighboring Jordan. \"The European Union likes ecologicial programs,\" Milo said, \"and would probably chip in with some aid - but only on one condition.\" At this point, reports Haggai Huberman in HaTzofeh, Milo said something that astonished his listeners: \"The condition is that the Palestinian Authority must not be involved. There is no chance to obtain EU funding for a program involving the Palestinians, because the Europeans now know that all the money they sent over for programs in the autonomy was stolen by the Palestinians.\"
Israeli officials in the Environment Ministry confirmed that PA officials have stolen 150 million German marks since Oslo. The money was earmarked for a long list of sewage projects throughout the autonomy, including in Shechem, Salfit, Hevron, and more, but only one of these projects was ever carried out: The Al-Bireh sewage installation, on the road leading to Psagot and Kokhav Yaakov. Of the rest, all that remain are the signs...
Israeli officials in the Environment Ministry confirmed that PA officials have stolen 150 million German marks since Oslo. The money was earmarked for a long list of sewage projects throughout the autonomy, including in Shechem, Salfit, Hevron, and more, but only one of these projects was ever carried out: The Al-Bireh sewage installation, on the road leading to Psagot and Kokhav Yaakov. Of the rest, all that remain are the signs...