HILLARY CLINTON’S SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN TERRORISM
Washington Examiner
"Year after year, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry misrepresented to Congress that the Palestinian Authority was pro-peace and anti-terrorism, and thus entitled to upwards of $400 million annually in American aid, which they knew was being used to reward cold-blooded killers."
"On March 8, 2016, America lost one of its best and brightest. Taylor Force, a graduate of West Point and a soldier who served two tours of duty in the Middle East, was viciously stabbed and murdered by an Islamic Jihadist.
Taylor Force's killer, Bashar Masalha, was a member of Hamas, a group acknowledged by the United States and many other nations to be a terrorist organization. Force was the latest among numerous Americans (including Hallel Ariel, Tuvia Weinstein, Eitan Henkin, Richard Lakin and Ezra Schwartz over the past 12 months), and thousands of Israelis, murdered by Hamas members and other jihadists – all precious innocent lives tragically ended by these barbaric and hateful groups.
(Vice President) Biden condemned the killing and called upon Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to do the same. Abbas refused, consistent with his often-repeated remarks that "we welcome every drop of blood spilled ... with the help of Allah, every martyr will be in heaven and every wounded will get his reward."
Since 2004, the Palestinian Authority has enacted public laws, increasing in scope and generosity from year to year, providing an elaborate compensation structure to terrorists and their families. The more heinous the terrorist activity, the more money they and their families are entitled to.
Now, what happens if the terrorist is killed during the course of his crime? Under those circumstances, he is no longer eligible for a prison stipend. Instead, his family receives relief from the "Institution for the Care of Martyrs' Families." Under this system, the "shaheed" is assigned a rank based upon the prison term he would have received had he been captured. Again, the more barbaric the crime, the higher the rank. Based upon that rank, the institution commits to pay the terrorist's family a monthly stipend in perpetuity.
Now, where does this money come from to reward Palestinian killers? The answer, shockingly, is the United States of America. Let me say this more directly: The United States is funding a monthly reward to the family of Bashar Masalha and countless other cold-blooded murderers.
It is a federal crime to provide financing in support of terrorism. In the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, Congress not only prohibited US aid to terrorists, but even went so far as to prevent funding of NGO's that "honor" people who commit terrorist acts. Critically, Congress also enacted 22 USC 2656f, a little known law that requires the Secretary of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorist activity in various regions, including Israel and the West Bank.
This annual report from the Secretary of State is critical to our foreign aid program.
From 2009 through 2012, the report to Congress was the responsibility of Secretary Clinton. In every one of her reports, and in subsequent reports containing almost identical language, Mahmoud Abbas – the one who "welcomes every drop of blood spilled" — was presented as a statesman and a peacemaker rather than the arch-terrorist we know him to be. Here's an example of what Mrs. Clinton said in her 2011 report: "PA President Mahmoud Abbas consistently reiterated [his] commitment to nonviolence." Again, you will find a statement to this effect and more reckless misstatements in every one of Secretary Clinton's vital reports.
Even worse than Clinton's false and misleading statement about Abbas was her glaring omission with regard to the elaborate PA funding apparatus in support of terrorists and their families. It's not like she didn't know about it – the mechanism was adopted as a public law by the PA and has been on the books since 2004!
And so, year after year, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry misrepresented to Congress that the Palestinian Authority was pro-peace and anti-terrorism, and thus entitled to upwards of $400 million annually in American aid, which they knew was being used to reward cold-blooded killers."
Washington Examiner
"Year after year, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry misrepresented to Congress that the Palestinian Authority was pro-peace and anti-terrorism, and thus entitled to upwards of $400 million annually in American aid, which they knew was being used to reward cold-blooded killers."
"On March 8, 2016, America lost one of its best and brightest. Taylor Force, a graduate of West Point and a soldier who served two tours of duty in the Middle East, was viciously stabbed and murdered by an Islamic Jihadist.
Taylor Force's killer, Bashar Masalha, was a member of Hamas, a group acknowledged by the United States and many other nations to be a terrorist organization. Force was the latest among numerous Americans (including Hallel Ariel, Tuvia Weinstein, Eitan Henkin, Richard Lakin and Ezra Schwartz over the past 12 months), and thousands of Israelis, murdered by Hamas members and other jihadists – all precious innocent lives tragically ended by these barbaric and hateful groups.
(Vice President) Biden condemned the killing and called upon Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to do the same. Abbas refused, consistent with his often-repeated remarks that "we welcome every drop of blood spilled ... with the help of Allah, every martyr will be in heaven and every wounded will get his reward."
Since 2004, the Palestinian Authority has enacted public laws, increasing in scope and generosity from year to year, providing an elaborate compensation structure to terrorists and their families. The more heinous the terrorist activity, the more money they and their families are entitled to.
Now, what happens if the terrorist is killed during the course of his crime? Under those circumstances, he is no longer eligible for a prison stipend. Instead, his family receives relief from the "Institution for the Care of Martyrs' Families." Under this system, the "shaheed" is assigned a rank based upon the prison term he would have received had he been captured. Again, the more barbaric the crime, the higher the rank. Based upon that rank, the institution commits to pay the terrorist's family a monthly stipend in perpetuity.
Now, where does this money come from to reward Palestinian killers? The answer, shockingly, is the United States of America. Let me say this more directly: The United States is funding a monthly reward to the family of Bashar Masalha and countless other cold-blooded murderers.
It is a federal crime to provide financing in support of terrorism. In the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, Congress not only prohibited US aid to terrorists, but even went so far as to prevent funding of NGO's that "honor" people who commit terrorist acts. Critically, Congress also enacted 22 USC 2656f, a little known law that requires the Secretary of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorist activity in various regions, including Israel and the West Bank.
This annual report from the Secretary of State is critical to our foreign aid program.
From 2009 through 2012, the report to Congress was the responsibility of Secretary Clinton. In every one of her reports, and in subsequent reports containing almost identical language, Mahmoud Abbas – the one who "welcomes every drop of blood spilled" — was presented as a statesman and a peacemaker rather than the arch-terrorist we know him to be. Here's an example of what Mrs. Clinton said in her 2011 report: "PA President Mahmoud Abbas consistently reiterated [his] commitment to nonviolence." Again, you will find a statement to this effect and more reckless misstatements in every one of Secretary Clinton's vital reports.
Even worse than Clinton's false and misleading statement about Abbas was her glaring omission with regard to the elaborate PA funding apparatus in support of terrorists and their families. It's not like she didn't know about it – the mechanism was adopted as a public law by the PA and has been on the books since 2004!
And so, year after year, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry misrepresented to Congress that the Palestinian Authority was pro-peace and anti-terrorism, and thus entitled to upwards of $400 million annually in American aid, which they knew was being used to reward cold-blooded killers."
