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US senator to push aid cut to Palestinians over terrorist payments

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Cr: Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel

Published: 8 August 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The Democrat leader in the US Senate says he will cosponsor  legislation to cut American funding to the Palestinian Authority if it doesn’t stop paying terrorists and their families, as a PA minister defends the payments

US Democratic leader to push bill slashing aid to Palestinians over terrorist payments (Times of Israel)
The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, announced on Friday he will cosponsor the Taylor Force Act, legislation that would cut US funding to the Palestinian Authority if it doesn’t stop paying terrorists and their families (Aug 6)

PA minister defends payments deemed incentives to murder by US senators (Jerusalem Post)
Monthly payments to families of those imprisoned for attacking Israelis contribute to stability in Palestinian society rather than encourage terrorism, according to the senior Palestinian official in charge of disbursing them (Aug 6)
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