Our Tax Dollars Have Been Funding Palestinian Terrorism
Patrick Goodenough writes at CNS:
The Palestinian Authority dedicates an estimated ten percent of its budget to pay the families of Palestinian terrorists, including those killed during attacks and those in prison, the House Foreign Affairs Committee heard Wednesday.American taxpayers will account for $442 million in aid to the P.A. in FY 2016.
In the P.A.'s 2016 budget, $137.8 million was earmarked for prisoners and their families, and $172.5 million for the families of "martyrs," Yigal Carmon, founder and president of Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), told the panel.
Carmon said a P.A. government regulation instituted in 2010 stipulated that the amount paid to prisoners' families depended on the length of sentence - ranging from $364 a month for jail terms of up to three years, to $3,120 a month for 30 years or more.
In addition, he said, terrorists from Jerusalem get a further $78 monthly supplement while Arab Israelis get an $130 monthly supplement.
Anyone imprisoned for five years or more is automatically eligible on release for a job with the P.A. institution, he added.
Terrorism -- it's a living.
Put yourself in this woman's shoes -- as she was chopped up while alive by a Palestinian terrorist with a machete. (Her friend, hiking with her, was killed, back in 2010. She reportedly only lived because she played dead.)
Even sicker, as usual, the Palestinian terrorist and his family are being paid off for his efforts. And have been -- with our tax dollars.
Foreign aid has always been a way to take money from poor and middle class people in rich countries, and send it to rich people and politically connected people in poor countries.
At best is cements in an oligarchy. At worst, it actually pays for terrorism.
Isab at July 11, 2016 4:43 AM
Add to that the fact that western Europe basically pays the P.A. protection money. That's how they made P.A./Hamas terrorist attacks across Europe stop (more or less).
Instead, some of the money goes to attacking Israel, and some goes towards intra-Arab fighting. As far as attacking Europe (and the U.S.), they are quite happy to let ISIS take that ball. Saves them a lot of trouble.
Cousin Dave at July 11, 2016 6:38 AM
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