Tel-Chai Nation

The government Down Under made the right decision to cease giving money to the PLO, lest it end up in the wrong hands:

Australia said Monday that it has ended direct aid to the Palestinian Authority because Australian donations could increase the self-governing body's capacity to pay Palestinians convicted of "politically motivated violence."

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia had cut funding to the World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Palestinian Recovery and Development Program after writing to the Palestinian Authority in late May seeking assurances that Australian funding was not going to Palestinian criminals.

"I am confident that previous Australian funding to the PA through the World Bank has been used as intended. However, I am concerned that in providing funds for this aspect of the PA's operations there is an opportunity for it to use its own budget to [fund] activities that Australia would never support," Bishop said in a statement.

"Any assistance provided by the Palestine Liberation Organization to those convicted of politically motivated violence is an affront to Australian values and undermines the prospect of meaningful peace between Israel and the Palestinians," she added.

I'd still be much happier if they'd stop pushing that palestine propaganda. But it's good to see there's sensibility turning up in Australia that can eventually make clear to Europe they'd do well to follow this example. Indeed, European countries who're wasting the tax credits of their subjects are going to have to cut it out.

Labels: anti-semitism, Australia, islam, Israel, jihad, Knesset, political corruption, terrorism, war on terror