The European Union reportedly wants to interrogate Palestinian terrorists about funding abuses by Yasser Arafat. The E.U. fraud squad, which is investigating the extent to which the Palestinian Authority has funneled European aid money into terrorism, recently asked Israel for permission to question imprisoned members of Arafat’s Fatah movement, Ha’aretz reported Wednesday.
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