“And as you said this morning, Mr. President, funding and rewarding terrorism must end,” Netanyahu said. “Standing next to you, President Abbas condemned the horrific attack in Manchester. I hope this heralds a real change, because if the attacker had been Palestinian, and the victims had been Israeli children, the suicide bomber’s family would have received a stipend from the Palestinian Authority. That’s Palestinian law. That law must be changed.”
Yes, and more must be changed as well. It is in the Palestinian Authority charter to obliterate Israel; the aim of the PLO is the “liquidation of the Zionist presence.” As Abbas indicated less than two years ago:
“We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood, clean blood, blood on its way to Allah.”
Netanyahu and Trump’s noble hope of seeing the Palestinian law of paying terrorists changed would mean a complete shift in core perspective: the Palestinian Authority would have to give up Islam’s jihad doctrine, which Abbas would hardly be willing to do. Nonetheless, funding to the PA by American taxpayers should be cut off entirely unless and until they do change this law.
“Netanyahu Praises Trump Calling for End to Rewarding Terrorism, Demands Palestinians Change Terror Reward Law”, by David Rutz, Washington Free Beacon, May 23, 2017:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Donald Trump more indirectly, called on the Palestinian Authority Tuesday to cease its policy of paying terrorists who kill Israelis and supporting their families.
During remarks in the West Bank alongside Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, the morning after a suicide bomber in England killed 22 people, Trump said violence should never be “tolerated, funded and even rewarded.”
“I was gratified that President Abbas joined the summit and committed to taking firm but necessary steps to fight terrorism and confront its hateful ideology,” Trump said……
Trump called for condemnation of such terror attacks in a “single, unified voice.”
Later on Tuesday, Netanyahu spoke before Trump at the Israel Museum and noted the statement Trump made while standing next to Abbas. While the terrorist in Manchester was condemned by Abbas, Netanyahu said, the suicide bomber’s family would have received money from the Palestinian Authority if the victims were Israelis.
“And as you said this morning, Mr. President, funding and rewarding terrorism must end,” Netanyahu said. “Standing next to you, President Abbas condemned the horrific attack in Manchester. I hope this heralds a real change, because if the attacker had been Palestinian, and the victims had been Israeli children, the suicide bomber’s family would have received a stipend from the Palestinian Authority. That’s Palestinian law. That law must be changed.”
The Washington Free Beacon reported last year that the Palestinian Authority pays terrorists and their families roughly $140 million a year, or about 10 percent of is annual budget. Official Palestinian media outlets have glorified the perpetrators of violent attacks on Israelis.
The Palestinian who killed U.S. Army veteran Taylor Force to death and wounded several others in March of 2016 was hailed on official media outlets as a “martyr.”
“We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood, clean blood, blood on its way to Allah,” Abbas said in September of 2015 on Palestinian television. “With the help of Allah, every martyr will be in heaven, and every wounded will get his reward.”
robert_k says
Looks like Mahmoud Abbas thinks that the US is Allah as it doles out the aid money which rewards the martyrs.
RichardL says
well, that’s how it has always been.
I have a feeling DJT will not prolong this policy. I think that he chose Mattis because he agrees with him: be polite to everyone you meet but have a plan to kill them.
gravenimage says
Muslims consider the US and other Western countries as dhimmis ponying up Jihzya and tribute.
Debi Brand says
“Muslims consider the US and other Western countries as dhimmis ponying up Jihzya and tribute.”
What in this world could possibly make them considers us as that, g.i.?
Surely not our rendering of payments to them — in seeking peace, of course; along with our rendering of–clearly, though perhaps be it unawares, nonetheless, humbled and subdued before them–regard and, as you state, tribute to Islam, one of the worlds three “great” religions and faiths?
Kiel says
The Islamic terrorism shall not be rewarded anywhere. The fight against jihad is a many-stringed task. One of the more effective is to go after the terrorist’s family. If in Europe or America the family has to leave the country for good. The Israelis don’t need any advice how to handle terrorists. In short, the jihad monsters only respect the harsh treatment.
Dov Berrol says
And the Jihad World War Against Infidels continues: jihadis just attacked a bus full of Christians in Sinai. This never happened when Sinai was controlled by Israel.
Jayke says
This bus attack actually happened just south of Cairo the capital of Egypt.
duh swami says
A while back when Obama and Hillary were running wild, the ‘gave’ Abbas $193,000,000,000 to help him with his’ budget shortfall’, Hillary’s words…Why is it the US responsibility to hep terrorists with their budgets?
underbed cat says
Hopefully Trump will get the votes to stop the U.S. paying Abbas/Hamas who gives a stipend money to terrorist who kill Israeli’s terrorist ….this is incredible and disgusting that it even started. If not he can use his presidential pen…
Terry says
Underbed–according to (either, but I think the first) Jewish World Review or jewish Telegreaphic Agency blogs, earlier this past week, there IS A BILL WITH WIDE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT TO STOP SUCH MONEY.
LEADING THE FIGHT-AGAINST-REPEAT-AGAINST THE BILL-IE. KEEP UP THE FUNDING– AIPAC- AMERICAN ISRAEL PAC.
You are reading that correctly.
ZI know, makes zero sense.
Pal says
24 Copts, ONCE AGAIN!
The (omitted) radicals…
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/minya-bus-shooting-coptic-christians-killed-injured-egypt-gun-attack-anba-samuel-monastery-a7756906.html
underbed cat says
opps mistake it should say who kill israel’s….sorry.
RonaldB says
I’m not being anti-Israeli, but the US should cut out the Palestinian stipend immediately and permanently. Once that is completed, it should cut out the Israeli aid while continuing, of course, all contracts and commerce where Israel is actually selling goods or services rather than receiving welfare. And, the US should stop raising diplomatic incidents every time Israel builds a gas station in “disputed” territory. That’s an internal Israel matter and of no concern to the US. And the US should continue to veto UN resolutions condemning Israel.
This would cause a massive realignment between Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Gaza, and Saudi Arabia. They would not be able to afford the half-war they have now on the US dime, and would have to settle it one way or another.Unless Saudi decided to shift its massive payments from supporting radical US mosques and pay the Palestinians their usual handout. But, in any case, it won’t be a US concern.
gravenimage says
Ronald–with all respect–your implication that Israel is being violent in defending herself from Jihad violence is way off.
And your idea that we should no more assist our greatest ally in the region than we should those behind 9/11 is *very* questionable.
Pong says
Ronaldb.
Yes, you are anti-israel by putting american aid to Israel on the same level as to PLO. America gets a lot in taxes, employment, intelligence and technology from israel. It will be more expensive if US had to pay for the service. Just keeping troops in the ME would cost more.
And what US gets for giving aid to PLO and other moslem countries?
As for israel, american aid is not very important. It is just a fraction of their budget.
You are anti-israel and I’ll leave it to you, but many people on this blog can recognize a hypocrite. Yours is not even a nice try.
Terry says
Israel is also in the forefront of medical technology-in the fight against cancer, MD< MS & parkinson's, to name but a few.
In IT-with more start-ups than any country other than the US–THAT MEANS-MORE IT AND IT STARTUPS THEN ANY NATION IN THE EU-all of whom are larger; then China, etc.
ibrahim itace muhammed says
Evil Netanyahu ,how much are you paying to the family of suicide bomber who hit manchester pursuant to evil mossad’ s objective through its agent Albaghdadi? Those stupid filthy who doubt the fact that isis is working for evil state of israel should ask this curious question: why isis has never made a single strike inside israel or any israeli interes? why it always kill israeli opponents like shia or soft targets in the west to provoke reprisal attacks on innocent muslims? Evil Netanyahu should provied answers to questions posed above.
jack cohen says
they have attacked israel from both from north and south
and isis attacks don’t happen in israel because israel has a brilliant domestic intelligence agency not something you can say about the rest of the western countries
Terry says
Mr. Cohen-ALSO BECAUSE ISRAEL WILL RETALIATE- and retaliate strongly.
NOT LIKE THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WITH CANDLES AND COOKIES. But with bombs, on the terroists. The Terrorists might like death, but not enough to be that stupid.
Bill W. says
A family of terrorist Islamics who traveled back and forth from terrorist Islamic countries commit a bombing in England with the remains of a 22 year old dead terrorist bomber . You see “Jewish” terror every where is not logical I could state the moon is made of cheese but without facts it does not make it true. What reprisal attacks in Israeli or around Israeli happened after the England bombing? The biggest soft target this is in your head.
Norger says
Excellent.
Wellington says
Israeli security is superb, ibrahim, and this is the reason, and not your stupid but oh-so-typical Muslim “blame the Jew first” hypothesis, why ISIS has not been successful in Israel.
Really, to claim, as you have, that the Manchester suicide bomber’s family has been paid by Israel and that ISIS is really working for Israel is just indicative of what a sick, limited and foolish mind you have. To call you “disgusting” would be an understatement. Frankly, I even find it difficult to accept that you are a member of the same species I am, so pathetic and twisted are your comments here at JW. But wait, you’re a Muslim, and so everything makes sense why you post the rot you do.
Islam is sick to its core, ibrahim. It is a putrid excuse for a religion. Mohammed was a psychopath, the Koran is a hate manual, and Allah is a total fiction. Until you grasp all this, you yourself will remain a mentally sick person. Fitting since Islam has tons of sicknesses written all over it.
gravenimage says
Muslim apologist ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
Evil Netanyahu ,how (sic) much are you paying to the family of suicide bomber who hit manchester (sic) pursuant to evil mossad’ s (sic) objective through its agent Albaghdadi (sic)?
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muhammed has made this ludicrous claim before–that every single Jihad terror attack was secretly perpetrated by the evil Joooooos in order to “make Islam look bad”.
On the other hand, he has also lauded Jihad violence–like so many Mohammedans, he is utterly unable to think rationally.
More:
Those stupid filthy who (sic) doubt the fact that isis (sic) is working for evil state of israel (sic) should ask this curious question: why isis (sic) has never made a single strike inside israel (sic) or any israeli (sic) interes (sic)?
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This is, of course, quite false:
Drone Strike Kills One in Sinai After Rocket Claimed by ISIS Hits Israel”
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-Drone-strike-kills-one-in-Egypts-Sinai-486696
Does muhammed think we don’t know about this?
More:
why (sic) it always kill israeli (sic) opponents like shia or soft targets in the west to provoke reprisal attacks on innocent muslims (sic)? Evil Netanyahu should provied (sic) answers to questions posed above.
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The idea that it is only Shi’ites who are waging violent Jihad against Israel is, of course, utterly ludicrous. Apart from Iran, Syria, and Hizb’allah, most of those intent on the destruction of Israel are the majority Sunnis. This is certainly true of Hamas, the PA, and Saudi Arabia, as well as most Jihadists in Israel itself.
The fact is that *all* pious Muslims are intent on the destruction of Israel and the genocide of the Jews.
Here’s another case of ISIS targeting Jewish victims:
“ISIS Targeted Americans, Jews in Brussels Airport Bombings”
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/isis-targeted-americans-jews-brussels-airport-bombings/
“It’s clear they had quite specific targets,” an anonymous source said. “We know they wanted to target Americans … We know they were obsessed with the Israelis too.”
“Security footage from the Zaventem airport allegedly showed one of the bombers following a group of Hasidic Jews before detonating a bomb. Investigators also believe the video showed a bomber standing among some 60 high school students before changing course to target two Hasidic Jews.
“The attacker seemed to rush towards two Orthodox Jews,” the source said. “He really, clearly wanted to kill a Jew.”
gravenimage says
The reason ISIS has not been able to penetrate Israel herself–save with that rocket attack–is that, as Wellington notes, Israeli security is so good.
Pong says
Your logic leads to conclusion that it is likely that you are also a Mosad agent.
How much Mosad is paying you?
steve brown says
Is it possible that the Palestinian Authorities dead Jihad family’s retirement pension fund is more solvent than most US teacher and police pension funds ? I wonder if that fund is publicly traded ?
overman says
Jeremy Corbyn imitates this muslim apologist today – obviously fishing for muslim votes.
Jeremy Corbyn blames terrorist attacks such as Manchester bombing on UK foreign policy.
Intelligence experts have linked ‘wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home’, Labour leader claims
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-manchester-attack-terrorism-uk-foreign-policy-wars-speech-a7756266.html
overman says
sorry, posted in wrong section.
Steve Klein says
Christine, President Trump said, “Drive them out!” didn’t he?
gravenimage says
Netanyahu: If Manchester jihadi had been Palestinian, his family would have been paid by PA
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Exactly. Thanks to Netanyahu for speaking the truth.