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August 2, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-01/how-to-sell-a-suicide-bomber-subsidy-to-congress

How to Sell a Suicide-Bomber Subsidy to Congress

(Bloomberg) Eli Lake - Husam Zomlot, the Palestine Liberation Organization's representative in Washington, has the unlucky task of defending the Palestinian Authority's martyr payments to Congress. In an interview last week, he said that the money goes to pay for laptop computers and college tuition for children who otherwise would be facing a bleak future. But this raises an obvious question. If the PA wants to give poor children laptops and college tuition, why not just do that? Why create a special allowance for only the children and families of Palestinians who kill Jews?

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