Your tax dollars are going to reward jihad mass murderers and their families, thanks to Old Joe Biden and his henchmen.
“Victims of Terrorism Sue Biden Admin for Sending Taxpayer Aid to Palestinians,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, December 20, 2022:
Victims of Palestinian terror attacks are suing the Biden administration for awarding nearly half a billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds to the Palestinian government, which allegedly uses these funds to pay convicted terrorists and their families.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Tuesday by American victims of Palestinian terror attacks and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R., Texas), alleges the Biden administration is in violation of federal law for resuming U.S. aid to the Palestinian government, according to a copy of the lawsuit exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The Trump administration froze these funds due to the Palestinian government’s financial support for terrorists as part of a program known as pay-to-slay.
The plaintiffs, led in the suit by the America First Legal Foundation, a watchdog group composed of lawyers, are asking the court to halt the Biden administration’s Palestinian aid program over charges it is sustaining the pay-to-slay program in violation of a 2018 law known as the Taylor Force Act. That law—named after an American who was killed in 2016 by a Palestinian terrorist—bars all U.S. payments to the Palestinian government until it halts the terrorist payment program.
The State Department, which is named as a defendant in the suit, has formally determined in congressional notifications that the Palestinian government pays terrorists and incites violence against Israel. Now, a court must determine if U.S. aid payments should be stopped for violating federal law.
Force’s family is also listed as a plaintiff in the case, along with Jackson and Sarri Singer, who survived a Palestinian suicide bombing in 2003.
“I am committed to doing everything in my power to get the accountability these families so richly deserve as we work to make sure U.S. taxpayer-funded terrorism never happens again,” Jackson told the Free Beacon. “President Trump showed tremendous leadership when he signed the Taylor Force Act into law and ended taxpayer support for the Palestinian Authority’s terrorist activities. Joe Biden’s decision to reverse course knowing full well blood is on his hands as a result is unconscionable.”
Stuart and Robbi Force, Taylor’s parents, said in a statement that President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are “dishonoring the memory and legacy of a good man, and ignoring the citizens of the United States who understand that taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund the killing of innocent civilians.”
The lawsuit centers on the Biden’s administration’s decision to resume U.S. aid even as the State Department determines the pay-to-slay program has continued, disclosures that were first made public by the Free Beacon reveal.
The Palestinian government “continued payments to Palestinian prisoners who had committed acts of terrorism, as well as the families of so-called ‘martyrs’ who died while committing acts of terrorism,” the State Department affirmed in a non-public report to Congress earlier this year.
The Palestinian government has provided an estimated $1.5 billion to convicted terrorists and their families from 2013 to 2020, according to information contained in the lawsuit. As much as $15 million per month is being paid into the pay-to-slay fund as of 2020, according to Palestinian officials quoted in regional news outlets….
John ..Smith says
I hope these victims of jihad terror are successful in suing the US government.
This wont be just a kick in the teeth of the Biden administration, it will also be a kick in the teeth of hamas. Good luck to them.
DHZ says
It’s not Biden’s fault.
When asked if he though the Palestinian government was a supporter of terrorism he said,
“Can you repeat the question?”
Reporter: “Does the Palestinian National Authority subsidize terror with U.S. taxpayer money?”
Biden: “Palestins are not terrabrists”
Reporter: “What does that mean?”
Biden: “Of course not, come on man.”
Reporter: “Did you just crap your pants?”
Biden: “Depends”
James Lincoln says
It will be interesting to see how Biden’s handlers snake their way out of this.
gravenimage says
Victims of jihad violence sue Biden’s handlers for sending taxpayer money to ‘Palestinians’
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Good to hear about this suit. When first in office, Biden said that he *knew* some of this money would likely go for Palestinian “Pay for Slay”, and he was OK with that.
Deodata says
You think Trump should go to jail? At least he was not a traitor like Biden is.
Jim J Fox says
Unless and until people are fully educated and aware of the true nature of ISLAM (including ignorant Muslims) the funding of jihad is unstoppable.
(BTW, the word ‘should’ is inappropriate. Replace it with ‘MUST’)
We have justifiable expectations that this legal action WILL succeed.
peter11 says
The crime family of Biden has no principle except do whatever you can and however you can to enrich yourself with whatever you want and however you want . He is the most disgraceful president we had in our recent times!