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Eugene

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 11:31 AM Jan 2019

A U.S. law is about to end security aid to the Palestinians, and Israel is not happy

Source: Washington Post

A U.S. law is about to end security aid to the Palestinians, and Israel is not happy

By Loveday Morris January 31 at 9:12 AM

JERUSALEM — U.S. security funding to the Palestinian Authority is set to dry up by midnight Thursday unless a fix is found to circumvent a law designed to help American victims of terrorist attacks secure damages.

The funding cutoff would end more than a decade of assistance in a move that Israel is concerned could backfire and hurt its security.

The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, passed unanimously by the House and Senate last year, comes into force on Friday, leaving the Palestinian Authority open to huge lawsuits if it accepts U.S. funds. The Palestinian Authority has said it will therefore forgo receiving U.S. financing, including the $60 million that Washington provides in security assistance.

However, an Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic, said Israel is supporting efforts now underway by State Department and other Trump administration officials to find a legal fix that will “maintain security cooperation on one hand and also justice to the families of the victims of terror.”

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