Jan 23, 2023
The Biden administration condemned Israel for giving $39 million in tax revenues to the victims of terrorism instead of the terrorists. "It is morally just and important for the war against terror. There is no greater justice than using the funds for the victims of terror," Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said of the move.State Department spokesman Ned Price condemned Israel's actions as a "unilateral response" that will "exacerbate tensions. and warned that the administration will raise the issue with Israel.Price did not address whether the Palestinian Authority spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to finance terrorist attacks against Israelis through the 'Pay-to-Slay' program raises any tensions. The ruling PLO body spending millions to kill Jews is not unilateral, but Israel refusing to finance the murder of its own citizens is a dangerous move that will make peace difficult.Palestinian Authority PM Mohammad Shtayyeh claims