http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_mandate_grand_mufti.php The Mufti was also Arafat's uncle and mentor.
FYI - we actually loan and grant them billions each year ($3 billion recently) in both economic and military aid - totally about 1/6th the total US foreign aid budget) and then unlike every other country we loan military aid dollars to, we do NOT exercise controls over how they spend the money. They do have to spend 75% of the military aid with US companies, but they are the only country allowed to deal directly with those companies (rather than purchasing military product through the Pentagon) and are further allowed to require those companies to source most of the material and labor for the goods they buy (with our grants) from Israeli companies - meaning that unlike every other country, most of the money given to Israel ends up essentially subsidizing their own companies at our taxpayer expense instead of ending up in the US - and they are not required to account for how they use any of the cash beyond the 75% gross dollar figure. In addition, some of the US hardware they get is often provided separately from the more publically published budgetary aid dollars and is accounted for in multiple ways (along with other billions in funds granted through various DOD line items and not included in the specific "aid to Israel" line item in the overall budget) so there's not one blatent and obvious number of how much we provide. They are also the only country to receive ALL of the aid dollars up front at the start of the year rather than disbursed to them through out the year like all other countries - which means we pay the interest on that money from day 1 - and since the surplus cash is usually parked in short term interest bearing US obligations by the Israelis, we get to pay THEM the interest on the money we're giving them. Thank you sir, may I have another!! And while it's true that Israel has never defaulted on a loan repayment, it's also true that they've never made a loan repayment either - the loans are either forgiven outright or washed by rolling previous loan(s) into the next "aid" package.
Arafat is no different than Bin laden. It was hezbollah who bombed the US Marine barracks back in the 1980s which killed about 260 US Marines. I think Israel should uproot the "palestinians" and kick them out, they are like a cancer everywhere they go, from Lebanon to Jordan. The USA should of invaded Saudi Arabia instead of Afghanastan or Iraq. Saudi Arabia is the heart of terrorism & terrorism funding. If the President of the USA and his father weren't so busy kissing the ass of Saudi Arabia perhaps we could of avoided 9/11 and the murder of 3,000 Americans. Saudi Arabia always got special treatment and as a result terrorims flourished. 9/11 is a direct result of lopsided foreign policy. I think it's a joke when the President of the USA says he wants to fight terrorism but at the same time gives Saudi Arabia a free pass. When it comes to oil..our government's priority is oil and American blood is worthless.
We should have settled these unfortunates to a Missile Range. Great symbolism. What a humanitarian. Not the populated areas. Hoodooman would have put them in the internment camps after the Japs were released. Spoken like a true Jew Hater! A bridge tourney! There would be hardly enough to serve a pound of lox and a dozen bagels too , LOL. Fedex hoodooman a swastika and a noose. 6,000,000 Jews get wiped out and the survivors are "unfortunates", but 4 Million Jews can't get exterminated and Hoodooman wants a President with guts. It takes a lot of guts to stand by an ally. Walking away from Israel would play into the hands of the Islamic extremist agenda. The Palestinians can negotiate a peace and have chosen not to. Thier leadership is a corrupt murderous gang.