Thursday, June 12, 2014

PETITION - STOP FUNDING PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - IT IS OUR TAX DOLLARS!

Mat Staver, Chairman
Liberty Counsel

June 12, 2014
 
Palestinian militants launched a rocket on southern Israel yesterday just days after the newly formed Palestinian Authority (P.A.) announced a “unity" government with Hamas, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization whose charter calls for the annihilation of Israel.

The Obama administration has outrageously chosen to continue funding the P.A., which is against American policy, contrary to the the counsel of Members of Congress, and is contemptuous of the Israeli government.

There is a growing movement happening on Capitol Hill to stand against the Obama administration's ill-advised decision.  Please see my update and call to action below – Mat.

  Conservatives,

President Obama is once again emboldening the enemies of Israel by appeasing organizations sworn to the destruction of the Jewish state.

As I wrote to you yesterday, a reorganization of the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) government now includes a union with Hamas, designated by both the United States and Israel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

While deceitfully calling for peace with Israel, the P.A. is now aligned with an extremist organization whose doctrine includes vitriolic hatred for the Jews. They openly call for the murder of Israelis.

The Obama administration announced that it will recognize the new P.A. government with its terrorist affiliation – contrary to U.S. policy against funding Hamas and other terrorist organizations!  $500 million of our taxpayer dollars will continue to aid the Palestinians while we watch and see what happens with the new Hamas-P.A. government.

+ + Mr. President, this is the consequence of your misguided policy...

As reported by Breitbart…
 
“Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Wednesday, the first such attack since President Mahmoud Abbas formed a new unity government last week, supported by Hamas, and officially took charge of Gaza. Israel has warned it would hold Abbas's unity government responsible for any attacks out of Gaza."

The Israel Air Force retaliated for the rocket attack, striking a target in northern Gaza late Wednesday, reportedly killing one person and wounding three others.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to remind the international community that Abbas had pledged the new government would uphold previous agreements with Israel. "This means that he is responsible for dismantling Hamas and other terror groups" in Gaza, he said.

+ + A growing number of bipartisan Members of Congress are calling for a policy review – and to cease funding of the P.A. 

In an open letter to President Obama, Senators Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) say they are “gravely concerned" about the newly formed government's effect on any hope for peace and the fact that the Obama administration is breaking policy.   

Senators Cardin and Collins are now the tip of the growing congressional iceberg calling for the defunding of the P.A.

As reported by The Times of Israel…
 
“Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), the top Democrat on the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, said the only thing that would stop her from taking steps to defund the Palestinian Authority would be if its president, Mahmoud Abbas, were to reverse course on the agreement he signed Wednesday with Hamas.
‘At this point the law is clear, their actions are clear and the path forward is clear,' she said. Hamas is a US-designated terrorist group, and it would be illegal for US funds to reach it."

+ + Liberty Counsel is petitioning the Obama administration and the United States Congress to reject the newly-formed Palestinian unity government and immediately cease funding of the organization.

The rule of law is clear: Hamas is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. The United States cannot fund Hamas, contrary to what the Obama administration believes is in the best interest of HIS agenda.

This is an urgent matter that requires our immediate attention. Please take a minute and sign the LC petition calling for Congress to reject the newly-formed Palestinian Authority and immediately cease funding of the organization. Click here to sign:

http://www.libertyaction.org/201163/petition.asp

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “deeply troubled" by President Obama's decision, as reported by the Associated Press….
 
"I think the United States must make it absolutely clear to the Palestinian president that his pact with Hamas, a terrorist organization that seeks Israel's liquidation, is simply unacceptable," he said.

There is now a growing list of influential congressional leaders who agree with PM Netanyahu and are calling for the Obama administration to denounce the newly formed P.A. and for the United States to cease funding of the Palestinian Authority
 
Please join us today and sign our powerful petition calling for Congress to reject the newly formed Palestinian Authority, which is now aligned with a dangerous terrorist organization, and immediately cease their funding:

http://www.libertyaction.org/201163/petition.asp
 

We will be delivering this petition to Congress next week and need as many signatures as possible!

Together, let's demand that the United States Congress take action!

God bless you for standing with Israel – and opposing the outrageous, counter-productive decisions of the Obama administration.

Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

P.S. Yesterday's rocket attack once again proves that the enemies of Israel are emboldened by the Obama administrations' incoherent foreign policies, which have consistently placed the Jewish state in great peril.

I believe the Palestinian Authority “unity" government will continue to threaten Israel and could destabilize the entire region.

The Obama administration and the United States Congress must reject this newly formed government and immediately cease funding what amounts to a misguided bribe for peace.

Click here to add your name to this important petition, which we now plan to deliver next week:

http://www.libertyaction.org/201163/petition.asp


 

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