Palestinian Authority's tax payer-funded open spigot must be closed now
Daniel Pipes exposes the lunacy of continued support of the “Palestinians“. America, the EU and even Israel itself funding of The PA only fuels terrorist activity. There is a direct correlation between more funding and more terrorism.
FROM JEWISHWORLDREVIEW.COM:
Palestinian Authority's tax payer-funded open spigot must be closed now
By Daniel Pipes
Lavishing funds on Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority to achieve peace has been a mainstay of Western, including Israeli, policy since Hamas seized Gaza in June. But this open spigot has counterproductive results and urgently must be stopped.
Some background: Paul Morro of the Congressional Research Service reports that, in 2006, the European Union and its member states gave US$815 million to the Palestinian Authority, while the United States sent it $468 million. When other donors are included, the total receipts come to about $1.5 billion.
The windfall keeps growing. President George W. Bush requested a $410 million supplement in October, beyond a $77 million donation earlier in the year. The State Department justifies this lordly sum on the grounds that it "supports a critical and immediate need to support a new Palestinian Authority (PA) government that both the U.S. and Israel view as a true ally for peace." At a recent hearing, Gary Ackerman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, endorsed the supplemental donation.
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