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Source: https://nypost.com/2023/06/16/biden-co-keep-funding-palestinian-terror-in-defiance-of-congress/
U.S. Keeps Funding Palestinian Terror - in Defiance of Congress
(New York Post) Sander Gerber - President Joe Biden recently launched a first-ever National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, yet at the same time - in defiance of Congressional intent - his team continues to provide material support for the PA, even as it not only spouts antisemitic speech but funds anti-Jewish terrorism through its "pay-for-slay" program. Congress clearly determined that PA terror payments encourage violence, which is why it passed the Taylor Force Act, barring economic assistance that "directly benefits the Palestinian Authority" until it "stops all payments incentivizing terror." Money is fungible, so if the PA doesn't need to spend money because of an UNRWA program, it can allocate more funds to pay-for-slay payments. If the PA is currently facing a financial crisis, it should start by cutting its payments to murderers. The writer is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.