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April 3, 2002
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Israeli troops found stashes of counterfeit shekels and dollars, as well as plates to print money, in Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters, according to Israeli officials. According to Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit, the Palestinian Authority president is responsible for printing several million dollars and shekels in fake money, which could have been used to undermine Israel’s already shaky economy.

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