Biden Shredded for Promising to Give $100 Million to the Palestinians

President Joe Biden is facing harsh criticism for his inexplicable decision to send millions of dollars in aid to Palestinians while at least 199 people are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip. During his trip to…

Bradley CortrightOct 19, 20233 min read

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and he’s giving money to the Palestinians. I think it’s very inappropriate!”

When you first hear Biden’s announcement, you might think, “Oh, that’s good. The people in Gaza really need help right now.”

But Hamas, the terrorist organization that carried out the horrific attack on Israel, governs the Gaza Strip.

So how exactly does the United States plan to ensure the aid will get to civilians and not be diverted to Hamas operations?

State Department spokesman Matt Miller admitted on Thursday that such concerns are “legitimate.” But vowed U.S. officials will “be watching very carefully how it’s delivered.”

That’s fine. But what happens if the U.S. sees aid being diverted from civilians? What is the plan? Sternly rebuke them?

Surely Hamas will tremble with fear when they receive a strongly worded letter if they get caught diverting aid from civilians.

If you believe the aid would go to civilians and Hamas would not see a single cent, money is fungible. Therefore, if there were any funds Hamas officials may have been thinking about using to help civilians there, that money could be used to further terrorism.

And even if you truly believe the money will absolutely not be used for terrorism either directly or indirectly, Hamas is still holding an estimated 13 Americans among the at least 199 hostages.

The U.S. has a duty to try to get its people back from terrorist hands. This is worse than making a deal to send Gaza millions of dollars in aid in exchange for the hostages.

This is, in essence, telling terrorists that we might send them millions of dollars in aid no matter what they do because they chose to spend previous humanitarian aid on terrorism, and now their people are suffering, and we feel bad.

The way to deter terrorists from taking hostages is to make sure they don’t think they can commit acts of barbarism — and then be rewarded with millions of dollars of aid.