Contents tagged with Palestinian Authority
Filed in: War on Terror | by Matthew Clark | 3:21 PM Mar. 27, 2013
The Road to Peace Cannot be Paved by Funding Terrorists
The Obama Administration has embarked down a dangerous road of “sequester-era stimulus for radical foreign governments.” The Administration is sending a half a billion dollars to the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority, $250 million to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood led government, and shipments of some of our most powerful and sophisticated weaponry of war to that same anti-Israel Egyptian government. All of this taxpayer funding of radical regimes has been over the strong objec... Continue Reading
Filed in: War on Terror | by Jay Sekulow | 4:21 PM Mar. 26, 2013
Rewarding Hate, Intolerance, and Broken Promises – With Taxpayer Dollars
Just days after President Obama left Israel, we learned that his administration quietly gave the green light to giving nearly $500 million in taxpayer-funded aid to the Palestinian Authority. The administration’s memory must be short. Roughly four months ago, the Palestinian Authority defied the Oslo Accords – and the U.S. – by seeking and gaining non-member observer state status at the United Nations. Just weeks ago – right before President Obama’s visit &ndas... Continue Reading
Filed in: War on Terror | by David French | 3:12 PM Mar. 26, 2013
Doubling Down on Hate
Three weeks ago we gave Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government a $250 million economic stimulus package, and this week we decided to double-down in our national support for anti-Semites by giving the Palestinian Authority its own $500 million bonus. Never mind that this is the same Palestinian Authority that late last year directly defied the U.S. and violated the Oslo Agreements by pursuing non-member observer state status at the U.N. Never mind that this is the same Palestinian Authority ... Continue Reading
Filed in: War on Terror | by David French | 1:18 PM Dec. 3, 2012
America’s Terrible Habit of Rewarding Lawlessness
Senator Barrasso’s timely post on Thursday calling for substantial financial consequences not only for the Palestinian Authority but also for those states that support the PA’s request for an upgrade in their U.N. status could not be more welcome. However, I have no real hope that we’ll take any substantive action to punish the PA (much less the U.N.) for its blatant violation of the Oslo Accords. In fact, if there is one consistent bipartisan strand in recent American foreign ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Israel | by Jay Sekulow | 4:31 PM Nov. 29, 2012
UN Vote Backing PA Threatens Israel & Peace
We knew it would be an uphill battle at the United Nations. The UN today voted to give the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority (PA) "non-member observer state" status. As we have explained, such a move is deeply flawed and violates international law. By upgrading the status of this terrorist-led organization, the UN is setting the stage for more instability in the Middle East. We have also told you about our detailed legal analysis of this vote - a move that is intended to divide Jerusalem and... Continue Reading
Filed in: Israel | by Jay Sekulow | 11:02 AM Nov. 13, 2012
Defend Israel: Stop a New Terrorist-Led Nation
All eyes are on the Middle East - and the United Nations. Israel is under attack. In recent days, Syria launched mortar attacks into Israel's Golan Heights. Israel was forced to respond, scoring direct hits on the Syrian artillery positions. And in the south, Israel continues to be the target of violence from Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip - rocket fire that's been underway for days. In fact, more than 124 rockets have struck Israel in the past three days. Israel's Defense Minister E... Continue Reading
Filed in: Israel | by Jay Sekulow | 10:18 AM Apr. 4, 2012
The ICC Gets It Right . . . Finally
Common sense and the rule of law have finally prevailed. For the past three years, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been pondering whether the Palestinian Authority (PA) was capable of acceding to ICC jurisdiction. The process began in January 2009, immediately following the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip to halt the incessant rocket attacks on southern Israel, an operation for which Israel has been pilloried by the international community. In an attempt to ens... Continue Reading
Filed in: United Nations | by Matthew Clark | 3:35 PM Nov. 1, 2011
US Law Requires Defunding UNESCO Over Palestinian Recognition
Defying international law and negotiated peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unilaterally recognized the Palestinian Authority as a full member “state.” UNESCO, a United Nations (U.N.) agency, has now become a co-conspirator in the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority’s attempt to circumvent the Middle East peace process in order to gain unilateral recognition of stateh... Continue Reading
Filed in: United Nations | by Nathanael Bennett | 5:16 PM Oct. 13, 2011
U.S. House Votes to Reform U.N. and Block Palestinian Statehood
A few weeks ago, the ACLJ called for the U.S. Government to defund the United Nations (U.N.) if they voted to grant unilateral statehood to the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority. We asked you to support legislation being introduced in Congress to reform and defund the U.N. Over 30,000 of you responded, signing our Petition to Defund the United Nations and Protect Israel. Now, that legislation is moving through Congress and has overcome the first hurdle toward true reform of the U.N. We need th... Continue Reading
