Mrs. Arafat's Criminal Enterprise

The Israeli daily Ma'ariv reports today [Hebrew only] that Yassir Arafat's wife Suha is suspected of involvement in a car theft ring

Suspicion: A company owned by Suha Arafat connected to stolen cars

According to reports that reached the police and the IDF, it appears that the Elbahar company, owned by Suha Arafat, is responsible for forging license plates for stolen vehicles. This is a frequent occurrence in the Gaza strip and the Sharon region

The article goes on to say that Mrs. Arafat's company is the only non-governmental Palestinian entity authorized to issue license plates, and that it is easy to spot the forged plates because her company was issuing truck numbers to private cars.

The article continues to explain that Israeli cars are frequently stolen by gangs of Israeli Jews and/or Arabs and then sold to Palestinians in areas A and B, where the Israeli plates are replaced with Palestinian plates, and the cars sold on the cheap.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 31, 2003 10:36 AM