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July 6, 2016

Putting an End to Subsidies for Terrorists

A new Israeli policy.

Last Friday, the Israeli government, which collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, declared that it will begin deducting from its transfers to the PA the salaries the latter pays to terrorists imprisoned by Israel. The U.S. Congress, meanwhile, is considering measures to prevent American aid to the Palestinians from being used for these purposes. Writing just before the former decision was made, Evelyn Gordon explains why both measures matter:

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July 6, 2016

  1. Putting an End to Subsidies for Terrorists

    A new Israeli policy.

  2. What Entebbe Gave the Jews

    No longer alone.

  3. The Accomplishment for Which Elie Wiesel Most Wanted to Be Remembered

    Giving a voice to the living and the dead.

  4. Anti-Semitism Is on the Upswing, But Neither the ADL Nor the President Will Say Why

    Blind to the obvious.

  5. The Galician Jew Who Became a Foremost Theorist of Islamism

    Leopold Weiss/Muhammad Asad.