Palestinian jihadists couldn’t continue murdering Israelis on the scale they do without Western funding. Western countries have inadvertently and ignorantly become terrorism-funding countries. They were duped by jihadists who mix humanitarian aid with massive jihad funding.
“The Biden administration pushed through plans to send millions of dollars to the Palestinian government as part of its drive to reignite the peace process with Israel and prop up the fledgling PA.” And he did the same with Iran.
“Palestinian Government Paying $16 Mil a Month to Imprisoned Terrorists, Including Hamas Fighters, Watchdog Finds,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, July 23, 2024:
The Palestinian government will pay $16.4 million a month to imprisoned terrorists and their families, including nearly 900 Gaza-based fighters captured by Israeli forces in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack, a watchdog group found.
Payments by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to imprisoned terrorists have risen by $2 million a month, and are being reliably doled out even as the West Bank-based government teeters on the brink of financial collapse, according to watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch. The PA has recognized thousands of those terrorists as eligible for “pay-to-slay” payments in the wake of Oct. 7, including 899 who were captured in Gaza in recent months.
All told, “9,750 terrorist prisoners are now recognized by the PA as eligible for monthly terror rewards, up from 4,300 prior to October 7,” according to Palestinian Media Watch, which tracks the PA’s terrorist payment system. The watchdog group “calculates that once the processing of the new prisoners is complete, the PA will be paying a minimum of 59,560,000 shekels (about $16.4 million) a month in salaries to terrorist prisoners, up from 52,000,000 shekels (about $14.3 million) a month prior to October 7.”
The payment scheme, buoyed by international aid dollars, is one of the primary reasons that Republican officials want to cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinians, which has totaled upwards of $1.5 billion since America began pumping humanitarian aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip. Prior to Oct. 7, the Biden administration pushed through plans to send millions of dollars to the Palestinian government as part of its drive to reignite the peace process with Israel and prop up the fledgling PA.….
SC says
The US govt were not duped. If US Citizens have known for decades how the PA diverts aid funds to terror then the govt had to know too, meaning everyone voting for aid to Palestinian Authority is all but complicit in hamas attacks.
Rick Gordon says
It’s inconceivable that we (taxpayers) and some other western nation citizens are paying those barbarians. I lay the blame directly on the Obama administration and the duo of John Kerry and Hillary Clinton for their behaviors, speeches, and negotiations with the devil in 2008-16 ….. and to some extent being followed by Biden and Harris.
James Lincoln says
Yes, Rick.
It started to get really bad after Obama became POTUS.
simba says
what if(conspiracy theory:
USA allows the intruders to enter and then monitor “Specific” criminals till the commit a convenient crime that accelerates an agenda.
OLD GUY says
Thank God for America supporting Palestine families. I just love foreign aid helping those who love America so much. Sarcasm, just hate waiting money on lost causes. But political leaders seem to be the best at wasting our money.
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“The Palestinian government will pay $16.4 million a month to imprisoned terrorists and their families”
Next thing you know, they’ll be including a group dental plan…
Donna says
I could use a dental plan about now too!