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Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act

The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

International Criminal Court hints Palestinians may be guilty of war crimes over ‘pay for slay’

Law professor Eugene Kontorovich said for the first time, the ICC has raised a terror program as a possible war crime; still, that “should not whitewash or smokescreen their bias against Israel and the great unlikelihood that they will take any serious action against the Palestinians.”

December 12, 2019

Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Official: US security funds to PA cut off, USAID shutters West Bank, Gaza operations

The move occurred in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, signed into law in October, that provides protections for American victims of international terrorism.

February 1, 2019

Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

US to ‘wind down’ West Bank programs as funding for Palestinian security to expire

“We are not seeking anything. The Americans have made a decision,” said senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat. “But we are going to continue being part of fighting terror in the region.”

Jackson Richman

January 30, 2019

Last October in Jerusalem, friends and family members look at pictures of terror victims Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin during the shiva mourning period. The Henkins were shot dead by a Palestinian terrorist while the parents were driving with four of their children. The children survived the attack. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Security cooperation or justice?

An effort to weaken U.S. anti-terror legislation for the sake of funding the Palestinian Authority raises difficult questions about competing interests.

Jonathan S. Tobin

December 12, 2018