Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:
The ZOA opposes the Israeli government’s decision to loan NIS 500 million (over $156 million USD) to the terrorist dictatorship of the Palestinian Authority (PA)―without even insisting on the most basic conditions for providing this huge “loan” (which will likely never be repaid).
It is a major mistake that this loan is reportedly not conditioned on the PA regime ending the PA’s $400 million per year of “pay to slay” payments incentivizing Arabs to murder Jews and Americans, or the PA’s non-stop anti-Jewish incitement in every PA school, media outlet, and mosque. This “loan” will thus likely endanger Israeli men, women, and children, by helping the PA to continue its policy to pay Arabs large lifetime pensions to murder Jews.
It is also a major mistake that this loan is not conditioned on the PA ending the PA’s illegitimate “lawfare” harassment of Israel at the International Criminal Court (the ICC). The PA persuaded the ICC to investigate Israel and the brave Jewish men and women defending the country for (phony) “war crimes”―even though the ICC has no lawful jurisdiction over Israel.
The loan will also enable the PA to continue its massive illegal building in areas outside of the PA, including in the midst of Israeli nature preserves and military areas.
