By Rebecca Shabad, CBS News:
House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that would cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority under certain conditions.
The bill would halt funding “to the Palestinian Authority if they continue their policy of paying monetary rewards to terrorists and their surviving family members,” a release about the measure says.
Language for the bill, which replicates its previous version, says it would limit assistance to the West Bank and Gaza only until the secretary of State certifies that the Palestinian Authority has taken steps “to end acts of violence” against U.S. and Israeli citizens, that it publicly condemns such acts of violence and has stopped payments for “acts of terrorism against United States and Israeli citizens.”
The Palestinian Authority receives about $400 million in funding annually, according to the Congressional Research Service.
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