Rand Paul Just Introduced a Bill That Will Cut Aid to Palestinians
It’s seemingly obvious: the United States should not be funding
terrorists. Yet for some reason, Palestinians still receive aid from
the U.S. government — unless
a bill that Rand Paul just introduced is passed.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on Wednesday that
would immediately halt U.S. aid to the Palestinians until they halt
their effort to join the International Criminal Court to pursue
war-crimes charges against Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent turn to the international
court at The Hague marked a major policy shift and transformed his
relations with Israel from strained to openly hostile. Abbas has been
under heavy domestic pressure to take stronger action against Israel
after a 50-day war between the Jewish state and militants in Gaza over
the summer, tensions over holy sites in Jerusalem and the failure of the
last round of U.S.-led peace talks.
While Palestinian membership in the court doesn’t automatically incur
U.S. punishment, existing law says any Palestinian case against Israel
at the court would trigger an immediate cutoff of U.S. financial
support. The Kentucky senator’s bill would ban assistance until the
Palestinians stop their move to become a member of the court.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Tuesday that the state
of Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1. On
Monday, the Obama administration said it was reviewing its annual $440
million aid package to the Palestinians because of the decision to join
the ICC.
“We are currently sending roughly $400 million of U.S. taxpayer
dollars to the Palestinian Authority,” Paul said. “Certainly, groups
that threaten Israel cannot be allies of the U.S. I will continue to do
everything in my power to make sure this president and this Congress
stop treating Israel’s enemies as American allies.”
Palestinians are terrorists drunk on bloodlust who will stop at
nothing to destroy Israel, our only ally in the Middle East. We cannot
turn our backs on them, and that means we must stop supporting the
Palestinian Authority.
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