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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Liberman-says-US-funding-killers-of-Americans-352183
Lieberman: U.S. Aid Funds Palestinian Authority Stipends for Killers of Americans
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - The Palestinian Authority is using U.S. aid to pay stipends to terrorists who murdered American citizens, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. If Fatah and Hamas finalize their power-sharing agreement, funding a government backed by Hamas would be illegal under American law because the U.S. has designated it a terrorist organization. But if Hamas supports a technocratic government from the outside, it is possible that the Obama administration will pressure Congress to maintain the funding. "Abbas, who whines about the PA's finances, pays large stipends to prisoners convicted of murder and those who tried to become suicide bombers," Lieberman said. "The prisoners are given three times as much as Palestinian policemen."