Is US suspension of funding to PA forces permanent? "The Palestinian Authority has always seen the U.S. funding as an endorsement of its participation in terror," Maurice Hirsch tells JNS. Josh Hasten Feb. 24, 2025
PA signals offer to drop ‘pay for slay’ … if US repeals Taylor Force Act Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, suggested that payments to prisoners could be based on their socioeconomic status and not on acts committed, according to a report. JNS Staff Feb. 10, 2025
Retiring Colorado congressman to be feted for faith-based support of Israel Rep. Doug Lamborn will receive the first-ever Rabbi Benny Elon award, named after the late Israeli tourism minister who spearheaded Israel’s ties with the evangelical Christian community. Etgar Lefkovits Dec. 10, 2024
Parents of terrorism victims have been down this road before President-elect Donald Trump says there will be “hell to pay” if the hostages in Gaza are not released. Sorry if I don’t get too excited about that. Stephen M. Flatow Dec. 5, 2024
An appeal to the conscience of the world The war is between Israel and Iran, and the future existence of Israel is at stake. Howard Teich Sept. 11, 2024
Federal court allows action to enforce the Taylor Force Act The effect of violating the law is odiously financing and promoting the murder of innocent Americans, Israelis and others. Leonard Grunstein July 5, 2024
How is the PA’s agenda not genocide? Washington wants an entity that requires terrorists be paid for killing Israelis to rule post-war Gaza. Sander Gerber March 26, 2024
The Biden administration’s Israel policy is disconnected from reality Never before has the daylight between a Washington and Jerusalem been so open, and it seems to be devolving. Avi Abelow March 21, 2024
What is the US government doing to enforce the Taylor Force Act? Moral clarity requires that Secretary Blinken unequivocally demand an immediate end to the P.A.’s “pay-for-slay” policy as a non-negotiable precondition to establishing any form of revitalized Palestinian entity. Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch Feb. 12, 2024
