Noah was instrumental in advancing the Taylor Force Act: Congress' attempt to address a serious problem that has gone unchecked for decades: The Palestinian Authority is using western aid money to pay salaries and benefits to terrorists and their families, including to terrorists who have killed Americans. These are not envelopes of cash slipped to a handful of people – the “pay to slay” program is codified in detail by PA law, is administered by two ministries with hundreds of staff, and pays tens of thousands of people a total of $315 million per year, or nearly 8 percent of the PA’s $4 billion budget.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he would rather lose the presidency than stop the pay-for-slay program. “Even if I will have to leave my position,” he declared this week in response to US and Israeli pressure, “I will not compromise on the salary of a martyr or a prisoner.”
Noah Pollak, a strong supporter of the Taylor Force Act, tells us: “The administration doesn't oppose TFA in principle, but it does view its timing as inconvenient to the effort to restart negotiations. This White House, like past White Houses, wishes to pursue its foreign policy goals without interference from Congress. But every exemption that is added to the bill frees up money for the PA to spend on terrorism, and communicates to the Palestinians that the US doesn't really mean it when we say terrorism is unacceptable. I believe the only morally and politically defensible position is zero exemptions.”
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