New Report Analyses European Aid to Palestinians - Finds Evidence of Foul Play
The Funding for Peace Coalition (FPC) has released a new report detailing the diversion of unprecedented sums of financial aid from the Palestinian people towards corruption and violence. The FPC report is entitled "Managing European Taxpayers' Money: Supporting The Palestinian Arabs ? A Study In Transparency". It publishes evidence, which substantiates a compelling connection between European funding and ongoing Palestinian corruption and terrorism. It also highlights the utter failure of European organisations to monitor where these funds have been directed. The report details theft, nepotism, and embezzlement on the part of the PA, supported by incompetence and apathy on the part of European agencies.Since 1993, the European Union has contributed over ?2 billion directly and indirectly to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Member states have donated a further ?2 billion in the same period. FPC's work raises the following major issues, each of which strike at the very sprit and letter of the European Union's Constitution:
* European aid has not reached its intended target ? the Palestinian people. It has been diverted towards graft, terrorism and incitement to hatred.* Despite repeated denials from senior European politicians and civil servants, terrorists are on the Palestinian Authority payroll. This includes, in particular, members of the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades who have openly admitted their direct roles in acts of murder. The salaries of these murderers come directly from budgets provided by European government aid, even though the Al-Aksa Brigades have been officially classified as terrorists by Europe.* European taxpayers' funds have not been managed transparently in everything connected with aid to the PA and to the Palestinian people.
The facts have been concealed and continue to be concealed from European taxpayers.* The methods used to fund the PA might even be considered to be money laundering.FPC's study does not deal with the question of whether aid should be given to the Palestinians, or what level of aid is appropriate. It assumes that providing aid to the Palestinian people is important and helpful to the cause of peace. The FPC report focuses on whether aid transfers from European sources are accomplishing the stated goals of the donor community, and on the transparency of its management.According to FPC's spokesperson, David Winter, "This new report highlights an astonishing lack of controls by the authorities in the European Union. The real facts about the continuing failure of the massive programme of international aid to the Palestinian people remain largely unreported. Our report shows that the watchdogs have been asleep on the job and it isn't for lack of public warning."The FPC's report comes on the heels of growing pressure within Palestinian ranks calling for an end to decades of corrupt leadership.
According to Mohammed Dahlan, a former PA Interior Minister, quoted in "The Guardian" earlier this month, all of the funds which foreign countries donated to the Palestinian Authority, a total of $5bn, "have gone down the drain and we don't know to where."Winter adds: "Every piece of information in our report has been thoroughly checked.
The extensive footnoting of the report allows the reader to check any and every fact presented."Why is there a need for this report? Winter says: "We believe that, if we can draw sufficient attention to the issues, the political drive will be created to ensure that the Palestinian Arabs receive the intended benefit from the billions in aid channeled through their leadership and institutions. With proper management, we believe that mutual tolerance can be encouraged and ultimately regional peace can be achieved.
Aid money will then be available to resolve other, often more pressing, humanitarian issues ? possibly such as the crisis in Sudan and others."Asked whether the European Commission had misled the European Parliament, Winter responded, "This is a key question which the FPC report addresses. For example, there have been countless reassurances that the PA payroll is tightly controlled.
It is international donors who help pay for these employees. In fact the payroll has been found to be bloated with fictitious names or comprised of groups adjudged as terrorists by the EU itself." $10 billion in aid has been funneled to the Palestinians. Have these funds, which are paid for by European taxpayers, been transferred to the right people? Have they been managed in acceptable ways? Has the Palestinian public benefited? The availability of this new report means that the interested public can read the facts and decide for themselves."Managing European Taxpayers' Money: Supporting The Palestinian Arabs ? A Study In Transparency" can be downloaded at www.eufunding.org/FPC2004Report.pdf PDF format)Background: The Funding for Peace Coalition is an international ad hoc group of concerned citizens, interested in peace and alarmed at the absence of adequate controls and fundamental responsibility in the management of European aid to the Middle East. The FPC represents people of a variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds and of political views concerning the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. What unites them is the concern that international aid is not reaching the Palestinian people, and not making the intended contribution to peace in the region.
The FPC's activities are undertaken entirely on a voluntary basis by its members..
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HR XCEL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC OFFICE RELOCATION
Charlotte, N.C. (ContentDesk) August 17, 2005 -? HR XCEL, LLC, an experienced provider of Human Resource Outsourcing, Benefits Administration and Payroll Solutions, announced today that the company's relocation to a new headquarters in the Ballantyne area is now complete.Barbara Sheridan, president and co-founder, said "HR XCEL is well on the way to achieving our goal of doubling our market share by late 2005. I'm thrilled that this relocation was necessary to accommodate that growth!"Sheridan continued, "We are extremely excited about our brand new office facility in the growing South Perimeter of Charlotte.
The new space has been custom designed for us and features a larger data center, larger fulfillment facilities and dedicated payroll processing areas. It will allow us to serve our clients even more efficiently and is a great fit to accommodate our future growth." HR XCEL's entire executive staff lives in the Ballantyne area and 85% of its staff has a shorter work commute...
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HR XCEL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC OFFICE RELOCATION
Charlotte, N.C. (ContentDesk) August 17, 2005 -? HR XCEL, LLC, an experienced provider of Human Resource Outsourcing, Benefits Administration and Payroll Solutions, announced today that the company's relocation to a new headquarters in the Ballantyne area is now complete.Barbara Sheridan, president and co-founder, said "HR XCEL is well on the way to achieving our goal of doubling our market share by late 2005. I'm thrilled that this relocation was necessary to accommodate that growth!"Sheridan continued, "We are extremely excited about our brand new office facility in the growing South Perimeter of Charlotte.
The new space has been custom designed for us and features a larger data center, larger fulfillment facilities and dedicated payroll processing areas. It will allow us to serve our clients even more efficiently and is a great fit to accommodate our future growth." HR XCEL's entire executive staff lives in the Ballantyne area and 85% of its staff has a shorter work commute...
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HR XCEL President Recognized as 2006 Human Resource Outsourcing Superstar by HRO Today Magazine
Charlotte, NC (ContentDesk via HRMarketer) February 1, 2006 -- HR XCEL, LLC, an experienced provider of human resource outsourcing, benefits administration and payroll solutions, announced today that Barbara N. Sheridan, president and co-founder, was recently named a 2006 HRO Superstar in the provider category by HRO Today magazine. Each years HRO Superstars represent the innovators who contributed the most to the advancement of the science and business of HRO, said Jay Whitehead, president & publisher, HRO Today. Barbara Sheridan earned her way into the pantheon of Superstars with remarkable contributions as an HRO provider. Ms. Sheridan has more than 20 years of experience in the Human Resource field. She spent 15 years working as an HR professional in various industries across the country, in positions of increasing responsibility.
She then created a unique HR outsourcing model to address the needs of mid-to-large size companies....
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Arizona Professional Employer Organization Surpasses Client Expectations with Personalized One-on-one Service and Support its Competitors can't Approach
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The CPA marketplace includes establishments of accountants that are certified to audit the accounting records of public and private organizations and to attest to compliance with generally accepted accounting practices. Offices of certified public accountants (CPAs) may provide one or more of the following accounting services: (1) auditing financial statements; (2) designing accounting systems; (3) preparing financial statements; (4) developing budgets; and (5) providing advice on matters related to accounting. These establishments may also provide related services, such...
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