Chronic Kleptocracy: Corruption Within the Palestinian Political Establishment

July 10, 2012

Testimony
Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress.

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Corruption

In his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, Elliott Abrams argues that "corruption is an insidious destroyer not only of Palestinian public finance but of faith in the entire political system."

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