Ahead of Mideast Trip, Biden Hails Restoring Funds to Palestinians After Trump Cut ThemDeborah Brand 10 Jul 2022
In an opinion piece riddled with misleading information and outright lies, President Joe Biden hailed his administration’s decision to restore funding to the Palestinian Authority, credited his administration for stopping the last war between Hamas and Israel, and defended his decision to visit “pariah” Saudi Arabia.
In the piece, titled “What I hope to accomplish in Saudi Arabia and Israel” and published in the Washington Post on Saturday, Biden vowed to keep “human rights” and “fundamental freedoms” on his agenda.
“My views on human rights are clear and long-standing, and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when I travel abroad, as they will be during this trip, just as they will be in Israel and the West Bank.”
Oddly, the president took credit for ending the 11-day conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group in May 2021, even though the ceasefire deal was brokered by Egypt.
“In Israel, we helped end a war in Gaza — which could easily have lasted months — in just 11 days. We’ve worked with Israel, Egypt, Qatar and Jordan to maintain the peace without permitting terrorists to rearm.”
It is also highly unlikely that the conflict would have lasted months. There is no precedent for such an occurrence, with previous flare-ups between Hamas and Israel lasting as little as a week.
Biden also praised his administration’s decision to reinstate funding to the Palestinian Authority. The Trump administration cut aid to the Palestinians over its so-called pay-for-slay scheme paying convicted terrorists and their families, which the PA has deemed a “noble national deed” that will never be stopped. According to the PA’s Finance Ministry, roughly NIS 100 million ($30,000) is paid out per month to around 35,000 terrorist prisoners and their families.
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