David Rubin is the former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel. He and his son are survivors of attacks by the so-called “Palestinian Authority” in Judea and Samaria (aka The West Bank) which many of our media, perversely, refer to as “moderates”.
Mr. Rubin has written a chilling but, sadly, accurate account of The Palestinian Authority’s “Pay For Slay” policy, in which it handsomely compensates families of people who murder Israelis (does that seem “moderate” to you?).
Here is how it starts:
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.)’s “Pay for Slay” program is a deeply disturbing initiative that incentivizes violence against Jewish Israelis. This program, which constitutes 8% of the P.A.’s budget, offers substantial monetary rewards to Palestinians who murder Israelis. The more lethal the attack, the greater the financial reward to the terrorists’ families. This practice, which costs the P.A. over $300 million annually, not only perpetuates violence, but also diminishes any prospects for peace in the region.
Recently, a bipartisan group of 50 members of Congress, led by Congressman Josh Gottheimer, wrote to U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken, urging the State Department to negotiate an end to this heinous program. They highlighted the P.A.’s continued support for terrorism and emphasized that as long as the P.A. pays its citizens to murder civilians, it will not benefit from the support of U.S. taxpayers.
This appeal has not been heeded. In fact, the Biden administration has been pressuring Israel to accept a Palestinian state in Gaza headed by the P.A. instead of Hamas. What they fail to point out is that the P.A.’s Fatah terrorist organization is no less deadly than Hamas and has consistently supported Hamas’s October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians, while calling for more.
That is the current administration’s policy for murderous, unelected (the last elections there were held in 2005) Jew-hating, Jew-killing terrorists. Go on record as attempting to negotiate a deal of some kind – however meaningless to serious peace and however fraught with horror for Israel – because it will create the illusion that Biden (more exactly, the puppeteers running his government) is doing something productive.
Add in the here-today-gone-tomorrow “support” this administration shows Israel, as it fights the unelected terrorists ruling Gaza who perpetrated the October 7 massacre, and it will be no surprise if you see large numbers of Jewish voters – including those who never thought they would ever do so – joining similarly reoriented Black and Latino voters by going Republican this year.
