Excerpt from an appearance on CNN today by Alon Pinkas, Israeli Consul-General in New York: \"...People [in the Palestinian Authority] were shooting in the air and joyously throwing candy at each other on 9/11. You\'re talking about a people who have established a political culture of murder and homicide bombings, a political culture that is so alien to the values that we share with the United States - democracy, freedom, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Have you ever asked yourself why is there a refugee camp in the middle of Jenin? For G-d\'s sake, where is the Saudi money? Where is the money that has been funneled into the Palestinian Authority since the beginning of the Oslo process? Why hasn\'t [the PA given them] better housing, medical care, supermarkets, kindergartens, schools, basketball courts? I\'ll tell you why: because the money was used to fund, finance, and lubricate an entire corrupt, anti-democratic system…\"