In weekend moves they said were intended as a “message” to the Palestinian Authority, the House of Representatives voted to temporarily freeze $450 million in aid to them, and also “fined” them $80 million for recent criticism of the Israeli government.
Officials said that the aid was established under the Oslo Accords, on condition that the PA use it to fight terrorism, and said recent violence in the occupied territories made the US doubt that they were “sincere” about the pursuit of peace with the Israelis.
Rep. Ed Royce (R – CA) said that about one-third of the Palestinian Authority’s budget comes from foreign aid, and that this means donors have considerable leverage. He suggested other nations could follow the US example and cut aid as well.
This seems unlikely, however, as many of the other donors, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, are harshly critical of Israel’s crackdown on the Palestinians, and probably aren’t going to be looking to take that out on the Palestinians.
Only in America. Punish the victim, it's what those in power know best.
They are not punishing them for being victims. They are punishing them for not being European Jews. Racism is what they know best.
It doesn't hurt that they are defenseless victims though.
True. Racists may feel their hate inside, but they only do things against the defenseless. Bully behavior. So perhaps we are saying the same thing from opposite ends.
450 mil could do a lot of good here in the USA. End ALL 'foreign aid'.
Wow! What a bunch of cowards.
It took a lot of patience and sacrifice for apartheid South Africa to fall.
Natives own the land — That is why natives are terrorists
For the native Americans and the indigenous natives of Palestine, they must suffer the same fate, for Empire expansion is in our nation's “best interest.” Actually, our all encompassing and only real interest and to steal control of land at gunpoint, this is what our War on Drugs and War on Terrorism is all about.
.. and I suppose the Israelis can do say and murder whenever they feel like it and instead be rewarded for it with shiny new military weapons..
America the land of free speech, where the US Constitution allows one to speak their minds freely…………………..Unless it is to say ill of Israel! Of course that aid money doesn't get through anyway does it!
Meanwhile, zionist "settlers" and Israeli police and military thugs gun down innocent Palestinians and other Arabs and leave them to die bleeding on the pavement while racist mobs yell epithets and beat and kick them. Our response? Give Israel more aid! I don't know these pigs even sleep at night.
Certainly, it is the three apes congress,see nothing ,hear nothing,say nothing in regards to Israel and Israeli actions,incitements,racism,aggression,and illegal occupation.Israel has never fulfilled any of the Oslo accords at all."Israeli occupied Congress"
How can you project "power" when the entire government spends its time grovelling and scraping for the approval of a postage stamp size country with a population of less than many large cities? These acts of submissiveness are pathetic.
World's only superpower – dream on Walter Mitty