Sen. Lindsey Graham says he is reintroducing a bill that would cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority for paying rewards to terrorists and their family members.
Graham, R-S.C, made the announcement today about the Taylor Force Act, whose introduction he had sponsored in September. He will reintroduce the bill with nine co-sponsors, all Republicans.
The bill, which is named for an American stabbed to death in Israel last year by a Palestinian terrorist, would condition aid to the Palestinian Authority on the government body condemning and taking steps to prevent acts of violence against US and Israeli citizens, and ceasing payments to terrorists and their families.
In 2016, the US allotted $317 million to the West Bank and Gaza, according to a partial report by the United States Agency for International Development. The figure does not include security funding.
— JTA
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