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Wall Street Journal
5 days ago
- 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.
Wall Street Journal
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Palestinian Terrorism, American Funds?
The U.S. press is all over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but there are certain stories for which it has strangely little interest. On Thursday it was the terrorist murder of an Israeli civilian security guard, Shalev Zvuluny, at a supermarket in a West Bank suburb of Jerusalem. The two killers, who stabbed and shot Zvuluny after arriving in a stolen car, were Palestinian Authority police officers. Ramallah pledged to investigate, which is good for a laugh. The Palestinian Authority (PA) glorifies terrorism by its security forces, as is documented in a new study by Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based research institute. The PA also subsidizes terrorists, paying them or their families monthly salaries for life. This costs more than $300 million a year, about 8% of the PA budget. The 2018 Taylor Force Act stops direct U.S. economic aid to the PA. But support for the PA Security Forces (PASF) is another matter, the State Department tells us: 'The United States has continued to provide limited assistance to the PASF for the purpose of maintaining stability in the West Bank, apprehending terrorists and militants and supporting related criminal prosecutions, and keeping Israel secure.' On May 1, the Palestinian Media Watch study says, the PA Security Forces honored one of its own, Naji Arrar, when he was released by Israel after serving 18 years for shooting attacks during the Second Intifada. Dressed in a PASF uniform, he was welcomed back to his unit as a hero. The PA's Governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, posed with him for a photo.
