Fuad Shubaki, who masterminded the Karine-A arms shipment and was one of the Jericho Six, confirmed that Yasser Arafat spent foreign aid money on weapons. The Jerusalem Post writes:
It was revealed on Wednesday that former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat ordered millions of dollars of aid money, transferred by Israel and the international community, to be used to purchase weapons and ammunition….
Shubaki also told the Shin Bet (Internal Security Agency) that the attempted smuggling of a large amount of weapons into the Palestinian territories on board the ship Karine A, which was intercepted by Israeli Naval commandos, was coordinated between the PA, Hizbullah and the Revolutionary Guards in Iran.
