People who continue to pay attention to the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict suddenly saw a photo on the Internet today, the ** of former Palestinian leader Arafat's widow Suha and daughter Zahwa, a girl born in 1995, has now reached the age of establishment, and Suha is over sixty years old and has entered the twilight. I don't know what kind of work Zakhwa is engaged in, and I don't know if she is "standing", so presumably life is not a problem.
It is said that the mother and daughter own a high-end mansion worth nearly 10 million US dollars on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and also own a lot of real estate in another high-end residential area, living a life that is difficult for Western aristocrats to achieve. These money are not the income of their hard work or wisdom, but the dedication of taxpayers from all over the world to support the "just struggle" of the Palestinian people.
According to a special report by "China**" at that time, before the latest episode of "60 Minutes" on CBS (CBS) on November 9, 2003, a source revealed that the program would expose a major inside story about Arafat's private account. Arafat's private bank account has as much as $800 million in deposits. Arafat offered $100,000 a month to send to his wife and daughter, who live in Paris.
It is a universal truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and Arafat is no exception. If he doesn't get married, don't have children, and don't pick up girls, Arafat may be able to become a saint who resists corruption and will never be stained, without a family, what does he want so much money for?
However, ruthlessness may not be true heroic, the leader is also a human being, and the leader also has seven emotions and six desires, since he is a husband, he must be responsible for his wife;Since she gave birth to a daughter, she had to fulfill the obligation to support her, not to mention that her daughter also suffered from leukemia, which cost more.
I don't know if Arafat receives a salary, but if he does, according to the Palestinian economic situation, let alone $100,000 a month, it is $10,000, and it is suspected of corruption.
Arafat's wife's name is Suha Arafat, who is 32 years younger than him (some say 36 years old), blonde and blue-eyed, tall and has a master's degree in political science from the University of Paris, France. Suha's father was a banker and a well-known Palestinian activist. Before meeting Suha, Arafat had said that for the sake of the cause of Palestinian national liberation, he had decided not to marry for the rest of his life.
However, the hero was saddened by the beauty pass, and in 1988, Arafat and Suha fell in love at first sight, and a year later in an underground bunker in Tunisia, a secret wedding was held. As for Suha herself, there have been reports that she went on a lavish shopping spree in Paris, and once drove around Gaza in a BMW to show off.
As the first lady, Suha not only cannot, like the wives of other heads of state, accompany her husband on the camera or visit abroad, enjoy the infinite scenery, and even live with her husband. As a woman, it's really difficult for her, according to the standards of Chinese officialdom, she can be regarded as a virtuous helper. She made such a huge sacrifice for Arafat, and it is not too much to spend a little money on his old man, right?
However, this does not mean that Arafat's corruption is excusable, the leader and his wife have been separated for a long time, and the leader's daughter has leukemia, which is certainly worthy of sympathy, but the Palestinian people who have been displaced by the war and who have lost their relatives and homes are not worthy of sympathy?The humanitarian assistance of the international community is for Palestine** and not for Arafat personally.
However, in Palestine, to a large extent, ** is Arafat, and Arafat is**, so he was able to easily transfer up to $800 million in aid into his private account.
I have always thought that Arafat was too obsessed with power and was scheming with the prime minister on the transfer of power because he was reluctant to give up, and he was worried that the prime minister would have limited ability and that he needed to "give him a ride" because he had fought for the unsuccessful cause of liberation all his life.
Now it seems that this is certainly related to his lofty revolutionary spirit of "life and struggle," and it is also not unrelated to his "love for children." If he steps down, or if the prime minister takes too much power from him, will it be so convenient to get dollars?
I wonder how the Palestinian people, who love and revere Arafat so much, would have felt when they heard the newsThose who blindly worship him will surely angrily denounce this as a lie and conspiracy created by the United States and Israel (didn't Arafat's adviser say that this was "completely a lie" in an interview with a Xinhua News Agency reporter).A sensible person will silently accept this embarrassing fact, but it will definitely be uncomfortable in his heart.
Of course, compared with Arafat's outstanding exploits, this amount of money is nothing, and the credit is the main one, and the mistakes are secondary, but after all, this has cast a heavy shadow on Arafat's glorious image and directly affected his international image.
In response to Arafat's ineffective blow to Hamas***, when George W. Bush was in office, he called on the Palestinian people to elect a new leader who "does not compromise with terrorism" and declared that the United States would only support "the idea of establishing an interim Palestinian state within 18 months" after Palestine establishes a democracy and reaches a new security agreement with Israel. ”
George W. Bush is trying to catch up with Arafat.
At that time, Arafat "scoffed" at Bush's appeal, saying that "only my people can make decisions, and no one else." That being said, he had to give in, or give in, to the United States and George W. Bush.
Arafat was a bit "born at the wrong time," as he offended George H.W. Bush 10 years ago because of his support for Iraq in the Gulf WarTen years later, against the backdrop of "9/11," he ran into Bush Sr.'s son, Bush Jr., who inevitably took his father's place to "settle accounts after the fall" and even "punish him for several crimes."
In fact, even if Bush does not catch up with Arafat, he will not be able to go far in Palestine, and he is already old and has to rely on sedative drugs every day to maintain his strength, and judging from the TV screen, his lips are shaking more and more.
According to the Italian magazine Panorama: the same drug that kept him calm and controlled his facial tremors, is exacerbating García Arafat's problems. Problems with amnesia, spontaneous loss of consciousness, and difficulty concentrating are all continuing. Two of his aides were available during the meeting, helping him to add half-sentences and recall names and dates;The second is still in response to the old Chinese saying: the heart is more than enough, but the strength is insufficient.
If the change of leadership can bring peace to Palestine, although it is somewhat cruel, it is still meaningful to let Arafat go, I am afraid that just like Sun Yat-sen took the initiative to let Xian lead to the restoration of Yuan Shikai, the Palestinian people will not only not see the dawn of peace, but will fall into deeper darkness and suffering.
Unexpectedly, Arafat did not "leave" in the way of **, but completely "left" in the way of death. In November 2004, Arafat died of illness, and his personal estate of up to $6 billion was transferred to **, and the unwilling Suha insisted on inheriting her husband's estate.
After some haggling, Suha got $20 million and $3 per month50,000 euros for living expenses. According to insiders, Suha's wealth is not limited to this, as Arafat received more than $10 million in her Swiss bank account in 2002-2003 during a year of Israeli detention. How rich she is, only she knows.
The implication is that without great wealth, Suha's mother and daughter would not have been able to live such a luxurious life: during this time, she lived with her daughter in a luxury hotel all year round, and the rent was as high as £8,700 a day (poverty limited my imagination, it should be monthly, no mistake). She bought a multi-million dollar luxury home on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, and also owns her own real estate in another high-end residential area.
Suha did not go straight back to Paris, but went to Tunisia, where he was treated very well and married his brother-in-law, Al Trabrusi, in Tunisia. Before her ex-husband's bones were cold, she slept with others, which shows that she didn't come together with Arafat at least for love.
Suha later said something like this: "The marriage with Arafat was a big mistake and I regret it, we have been married for 22 years and it feels like 50 years".
Somehow, the marriage of Soha and Altra Brusi did not last long, she was soon revoked by Tunisia**, and her local property was frozen, and she had to leave her stephusband and Tunisia.
Suha returned to France and went from being the "First Lady of France" (a nickname given to her by the Palestinian people at the time) to a "French lady". The so-called "expensive" means, of course, the huge amount of property she inherited from Arafat, or the high living expenses she received from Palestinians.
All in all, Suha has a pension to rely on, and her daughter has become a rich second generation with a golden key, but the Palestinian people have been in dire straits, and 20 years after Arafat's death, he has not been happy to usher in light, but has fallen into deeper darkness and suffering.