Posted on 10/19/2023 4:44:08 AM PDT by SJackson
2018 US law prohibits sending certain taxpayer funds to PA over terrorism concerns
ERUSALEM — There are growing fears among Israelis and some Palestinians that, according to a controversial law aimed at rewarding Palestinians who murder Israelis in "nationalistic attacks," the Palestinian Authority may be compelled to shell out nearly $3 million a month in compensation to the families of hundreds of Hamas terrorists who carried out the deadly massacre against Israel on October 7th.
According to Israeli military estimates, nearly 3,000 Hamas terrorists infiltrated into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip during the attack, murdering, raping and even beheading more than 1,300 civilians and Israeli soldiers.
As the IDF fought to regain control over the dozens of towns and communities that sit close to the border with the Palestinian enclave, it reportedly killed more than 1,500 of the terrorists and captured an additional 100 or more.
Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli organization that draws attention to Palestinian extremism, including among its leaders, surmised in an article published on its website Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority, the body that governs Palestinians in the West Bank, may now be obliged to pay salaries to the families of the dead terrorists and fund those who are now being held by Israel.
The Palestinian Authority pays salaries to every single terrorist and to anyone who is arrested fighting Israel," Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, told Fox News Digital.
Marcus claimed the controversial payments, which are often referred to by critics as "pay for slay," have been steadfastly defended by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and members of his government. And he said they are applicable to any Palestinian who "dies as a martyr from any faction, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad."
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$3 million a month and going up, we send them $100 million for humanitarian goods freeing up $ to pay the terror families. Would be funny if it wasn't deadly.
So Biden and the Democrats want to send them 100 million right now.
So when will Biden approve “humanitarian aid” for the families of the terrorists? Figure he’ll try to hide shipping money to them. What, $1M each (with Joe getting his 10% of course). /wish I was completely joking
He could have, but wouldn't, brought the topic up when meeting with Abbas today but Abbas told him to pound sand, he won't meet with the Great Satan leader now. So we just sent money.
Sheesh. I was working on a project all day so missed that.
I love the documentary where they are digging up in-place water pipe and water pipe stock to build makeshift rockets.
Please America, we have no water in Gaza, Israel di’do’nuttin’.
Marsha Blackburn on Newsmax this morning talking about Biden’s announcement of $100M in ‘humanitarian aid to Gaza.
He should be sending that money to the families of the ISRAELI VICTIMS!!!
if he’s going to give it to anyone! DAMN!
That’s where the Biden 100 Million is going to, Folks...
The British PM is in Israel today, and the neighboring arab country leaders are meeting with him.
I get i24 news on my cable. Yesterday a reporter was talking about Biden’s meetig with Israeli officials, said that Biden is trying to do anything to prevent the war from expanding, BECAUSE it makes him look bad going into election.
Yeah, pay with money given to them by Biden.
yahoo.com-——Biden’s recent meeting in Israel
He told Netanyahu he would offer support and he expected Israel to prioritize protection of civilians and humanitarian concerns.
Biden formally announced the already-arranged deal to allow humanitarian assistance to move into Gaza from Egypt, and $100 million in new aid for those in need among Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.......which was hammered w/ Israel in Washington BEFORE Biden left.
Biden also announced that later this week he would go to the Congress with a military support package for Israel of unprecedented size.
Backstory Since 1973, Israel has received more than $120 billion tax
dollars in military assistance, including “three special aid” packages.
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<><>rebuilding Israeli air bases in the Negev cost $5 billion.
Congressional Research Service
US Foreign aid to Israel
60 page detailed report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44
The concerned Israeli lobby made sure Congress is required by law to ensure that U.S. military aid in the Middle East region doesn’t damage Israel’s military superiority over its neighbors. That requirement enjoys broad bipartisan support and has served as a benchmark for ensuring Israel receives robust U.S. support.
abcnews.go.com
ByAnne Flaherty, Benjamin Siegel, and Allison Pecorin
October 17, 2023, 11:22 PM
Biden drafts $100 billion foreign aid package, including money for Israel and Ukraine
The hefty proposal, still in the works, is expected to benefit mostly Ukraine.
Details on the spending request were still being finalized ahead of an official request sent by the WH
The Biden administration is drafting a $100 billion foreign aid package that includes assistance for Israel as well as other top security priorities, according to two people familiar with the details.
Details on the spending request were still being finalized ahead of an official request sent by the White House to Congress this week.
One person told ABC News that the “bulk” of the assistance will likely go toward Ukraine, while others also said that it included $10 billion for Israel. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss details that hadn’t been announced yet by the White House.
PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks at a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House on October 11, 2023 / Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
The request comes as President Joe Biden travels to Israel in a show of unity with the Jewish state following the brutal Oct. 7 attack on civilians by Hamas terrorists from Gaza.
On Capitol Hill, Senate leaders suggested Tuesday that such a sweeping aid package would find support among lawmakers.
“We’d like to get the supplemental package moved as quickly as possible because the needs are great in both Israel and Ukraine,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he would support bundling aid for Ukraine and Israel and that he expects the administration to include money for border security, too.
“The border part of it needs to be credible, not just some reference to it but a credible deal,” he told reporters.
Bloomberg was first to report the $100 billion total.
The aid proposal for Israel follows extensive discussions between the two countries, with Israel appearing to opt — at least for now — against a massive ground invasion of Gaza, even as international groups accuse Israel of worsening a humanitarian crisis by not allowing food or water into Gaza and cutting off electricity.
Behind closed doors, Biden officials have grown deeply worried about hardliners within Israel pushing for a scorched-earth military response that wouldn’t do enough to prevent civilian casualties, according to a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
At one point this week, aides believed that only the president himself could convince officials there that allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza would be in their country’s best security interests.
MORE: With Israel war zone visit, Biden’s personal diplomacy put to the test: ANALYSIS-—linked
When asked about those discussions, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said they’re not telling the Israeli military how to operate and that civilians should be protected. At the same time, following the law of war is critical and something Biden has pressed Israel on, he said.
“Since almost the very, very beginning here, we have been talking about how important it is for democracies, like Israel and the United States, to stand up for the law of war, to respect innocent civilian life, unlike Hamas. So this is a foundational element of the discussions that we’ve had with the Israelis for forever, and we’ll continue to do that going forward,” Kirby told ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Following lengthy meetings earlier this week between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Israeli counterpart, the two allies seemed to have reached some kind of consensus. Details of the aid package are now circulating among U.S. officials as Biden is en route to the region.
PHOTO: President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
MORE: Israel-Gaza updates: Israeli forces preparing for ‘wide range of offensive plans’-—linked
Budget experts say Israel’s assistance needs aren’t likely to be urgent due to a 2016 agreement that provides Israel $3.8 billion a year over 10 years. More pressing, they say, is Ukraine, which has run out of long-term funding as it seeks to fend off Russia.
Some House Republicans have questioned the need for more U.S. aid to Ukraine. By tying Ukraine and Israeli aid in a single legislative package, the White House would make it harder for GOP hardliners — who are staunch allies of Israel — to reject it.
Pro-Israeli groups have also called on Biden to include at least $500 million in grant funding for Jewish communities in the U.S. to protect synagogues and other community sites due to threats. It was not immediately clear if that request was part of Biden’s aid package as of Tuesday.
ABC’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz and ABC reporters Justin Gomez and Shannon Crawford contributed to this report.
ping to post#15
Looks like Hamas terrorists have to sell some of the equipment they bought from Iran’s Afghanistan load Biden left behind.
pedojoes corvette ???
Yeah......must be in the glove compartment......snx.
There's ONE democracy in the middle east and that one country that has been with the US through thick and thin. It's a country so ethical they drop leaflets telling Palestinians a building nearby will be bombed soon because a Hamas center is in the building. Israel is worth protecting.
On the other hand we have Ukraine - one of the most corrupt countries in the world. So Biden's goons and thugs will give the most help to Ukraine? Tell me it's not true. That's nuts.
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