Congress passes bill to bar PLO from giving salaries to terror supporters
The US Congress has taken the positive step of drafting a bill to stop the PLO's payment-for-terrorism tactics:
US lawmakers denounced on Thursday the Palestinian Authority’s “sick” policy of paying salaries to terrorists and their families after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Taylor Force Act — which conditions $300 million of annual aid from the US on the PA ending the policy.Absolutely. And a lot needs to be done to ensure European politicians don't allow the same.
The committee approved the act by a 17-4 vote on Thursday morning, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the committee’s chairman, announced.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the principal aim of the bill, which will now return to the Senate for a vote during the fall session, was to prevent the PA from providing financial incentives for acts of terrorism.
“If you’re a young Palestinian, maybe the best thing you can do for your family in terms of income is to become a terrorist,” Graham said. “That’s sick.”
Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States, US Congress, war on terror
