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July 7, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/International/Congressmen-voice-concern-over-Palestinian-stipend-program-for-convicts-459700

Congressmen Seek to End Palestinian Authority Stipends for Terrorists

(Jerusalem Post) Michael Wilner - Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee agreed on Wednesday to seek an end to a Palestinian program granting monthly stipends to convicted murderers and terrorists. At a hearing on the matter, Democratic and Republican members vowed to close a loophole in U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority which allows such payments. The chairman of the committee, Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), characterized the program as a "pay to slay" system. Ranking member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said, "It is absolutely outrageous to pay cold-blooded killers and call them martyrs," and that the program "won't be tolerated" by Congress going forward.

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