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For decades, various Palestinian organizations and
so-called charities have benefited from the largesse of our Western governments
and wealthy sponsors, all in the name of "peace and development."
For the full article from the JP, By
Catherine Perez-Shakdam go to; https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-731273
Jerusalem saw its streets turn
bloody once more in late January as Islamist militants targeted a synagogue. A
litany of attacks, each more obscene and terrifying than the next, have since rocked
the Jewish State. Keen to make an impression on both Israel and the Diaspora,
terrorists elected International Holocaust Remembrance Day to make their move,
marking what many have already labeled the Third Intifada.
The opening shot to a new campaign
of violence and hate, the attack on Jerusalem’s synagogue was not a desperate
cry by a beleaguered people to proclaim their national independence and
freedom, but rather the affirmation that terror, while claiming its cause to be
holy, cares little for the sanctity of life.
To play still to the notion that terrorism has
a rationale when slammed up against the State of Israel is, in my mind, an act
of genocide.
Radicals care little for the aspirations
of the people they claim to want to liberate – in this case Palestinians. What
they seek is the complete and total annihilation of a people, in that they
believe such an act to be a divine command – the expression of a faith they
have hijacked and twisted to their bigotry.
Palestine Ambassador to the UK
Husam Zomlot’s refusal to condemn January’s terror attack, an attack carried
out by a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and which claimed seven lives, speaks
volumes. The mindset is decidedly one of unaccountability and deflection. To
witness a Palestinian official, the head of the Palestinian mission to the UK
no less, to so casually and unabashedly argue that blame lies with Israel, is a
testament to how successful terror propagandists have been in dehumanizing
Israelis and Jews alike.
Palestinians need not destroy
Israel to exist, let alone assert their identity. As for peace – it will not be
extracted through intimidation and murder. And to those who continue to clamor
that Israel had it coming, that it was Israel’s actions that pushed
Palestinians to be radicalized, I have little to say other than “I pity you.”
January’s attack against a
synagogue in Jerusalem, the deadliest in recent years, raises some serious
questions – well beyond the obvious matter of ideological indoctrination and
national security.
While the motives for the attack
are rather self-evident, little, if anything has been said on the economics of
terror and in particular, the mechanics used by extremists to help them, not
just to thrive, but also to build outposts – thus enabling their many legions
to drown out the voices of those who reject radicalism’s tenets with their
furious cries.
Terror does not exist in an
ideological vacuum, it requires resources – perpetual war and oppression are
demanding mistresses indeed. For decades, various Palestinian
organizations and so-called charities have benefited from the
largesses of our Western governments and wealthy sponsors, all in the name of
peace and development of course. In reality, they are sponsoring hate and
violence.
“Ludicrous,” you say? May I
suggest you stick around, even if only for a little while.
I WILL keep things simple and use
but one example: pay for slay.
Under the Palestinian Authority
(PA) legislation, for decades, provisions have been made in the annual budget
to disburse all Palestinians, (including Israeli Arabs) imprisoned in Israel
for terror crimes, with generous salaries.
Let me repeat that: the PA is
required under the law and government decrees to support, sponsor, and thus
encourage terror – Law No. 14 (2004), Law No. 19 (2004), and Law No. 1 (2013).
As for our Western capitals, well, they have kept mum, whitewashing Palestinian
violence to the tune of millions of dollars per year. Why risk being labeled an
enemy of freedom by holding radicals accountable, when one could argue for
peace-brokering?
A paper published in the Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs by Brigadier-General (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser gives
an incredibly detailed account of the problem. It reads: “The legislation
defines ‘prisoners’ benefiting from this requirement, as ‘Anyone imprisoned in
the occupation’s prisons as a result of his participation in the struggle
against the occupation.’
The PA also pays by law monthly allocations to the
families of Palestinians who lost their lives in the context of this struggle
(referred to as “Martyrs”), including those who were involved in carrying out
terror attacks.”
And, “this situation, in effect,
constitutes a clear contravention of national and international norms and
obligations. Moreover, the salaries are guaranteed in advance to the terrorists
and their families, thus making the Palestinian Authority solicitors of terror
activities and directly responsible for them.”
In 2016 the PA allocated $300
million of its annual budget to its pay-for-slay program.
Until such time as we ensure that
financial access is denied, and short of that, at least restricted to a trickle
through sanctions, then our outrage over terror means nothing.
But my concern is not so much
Western apathy before the murder of innocent Israelis – notwithstanding how
young boys and girls continue to be sold to hate so that the PA could have its
fill of blood – but the fact that we are being held back by fear.
Because we fear the repercussions,
whether political or social, we continue to cater to Islamists’ propaganda, God
forbid we should be labeled complicit in Israel’s expansionist policies.
To fight terror is an imperative
that exists beyond party lines. It requires moral courage and determination,
two qualities that seem to elude too many state officials.
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