16-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
U.S. Funds Shouldn't Pay for the Palestinian Police
As you point out in 'Palestinian Terrorism, American Funds?' (Review & Outlook, July 14), the murder of Israeli civilian security guard Shalev Zvuluny at a West Bank supermarket seems to have escaped notice of the U.S. press. That his killers turned out to be Palestinian Authority police officers—funded by America—is particularly alarming. As the editorial put it, Ramallah's pledge to investigate 'is good for a laugh,' but little else.
Zvuluny's murder demands the total cessation of U.S. taxpayer dollars to the PA Security Forces—even the 'limited assistance' the State Department says it now provides.
