How Much of $150 Million Obama Gives Abbas Goes To Arafat Museum--Honoring Terrorist Who Ordered Murder of US Ambassador Cleo Noel

I wrote yesterday about the museum being built in honor of terrorist leader Yasir Arafat.

Now that I've read FreznoZionism.org's post about the money Obama is rushing to Abbas:

The US sped up delivery of $150 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority Wednesday, citing the need to fill an urgent budget shortfall.

"This figure underscores the strong determination of the American people and this administration to stand with our Palestinian friends even during difficult economic times," declared US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in announcing the aid, which was taken from the $200 million the Obama administration plans to allocate to the PA in 2011.

When Obama decided to give Abbas an advance on the $200 million due for 2011, did he give consideration to how that money is being spent?


The Arafat museum is supposed to cost $3.4 million--this in the West Bank which is getting the $150 million advance because of a budget shortfall.

The Obama administration has obviously learned nothing about the folly of giving money to people who are bad financial risks.

But more than that--what are the odds that the US money will be used towards that museum?

Scott Johnson has documented Arafat's responsibility for the murder of US Ambassador Cleo Noel, Jr:

On March 1, 1973, a gang of eight operatives of the Black September Organization stormed a party at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum. The party had been held in honor of the imminent departure of George Curtis Moore, the American charge d'affaires at the United States Embassy in Khartoum. The Black September gang took Moore and two others hostage -- Cleo Noel Jr., the United States ambassador to Sudan; and Guy Eid, the Belgian embassy's charge d'affaires. (Two other diplomats taken by the Black September operatives were released.)

The Black September gang demanded the release of Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert Kennedy; the release of a Black September leader held in Jordan; and the release of several members of the Baader-Meinhof gang held in Germany. On March 2, President Nixon and representatives of the other two governments announced that they would not negotiate with terrorists for the release of the diplomats. That evening the Black September operatives marched Noel, Moore and Eid to the embassy basement and brutally murdered them.

Arafat's connection to Black September has been described as 'doubtful', but Johnson did his research:

I filed a Freedom of Information Act request for State Department cables and reports on the assassination of Ambassador Noel. A year later – in July 2003 -- I received copies of 27 previously classified cables, all dating to 1973 . The cables directly contradict the Department’s assertion that Arafat’s connection to Black September and to the assassinations is in doubt.

The eight Black September terrorists who executed the operation had themselves proclaimed their membership in Black September at the time of the operation and after they surrendered to Sudanese authorities on March 3, 1973. Their membership in the organization has never been in doubt.

...[T]he cables demonstrate that in March 1973 the State Department had promptly concluded that Black September was nothing more than a front for Fatah and that Arafat himself had directed the operation resulting in the assassination of Noel and Moore. Both points are made over and over again in the cables to and from the Secretary of State.

To take one example, in early March the U.S Mission in Vienna reported to Secretary Rogers: "The Black September Organization (BSO) is a cover term for Fatah's terrorist operations executed by Fatah's intelligence organization, Jihaz al-Rasd...For all intents and purposes no significant distinction now can be made between the BSO and Fatah...Fatah leader Yasir Arafat has now been described in recent intelligence as having given approval to the Khartoum operation prior to its inception." [emphasis added]

Read the whole thing.

It is one thing for Obama to rush money to Abbas, claiming this man--and remember Abbas's term in office actually ended almost 2 years ago--is a moderate and a willing peace partner, while he incites hatred against Israel.

But considering how Abbas and the Palestinian Authority waste that money and may be using US money to honor the murderer of Americans goes beyond the pale.

We should demand that Obama get assurances from Abbas that US money will not go towards building this museum.to honor Arafat.

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