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A conservative advocacy group is demanding that Biden’s state department release documents concerning its funding of the Palestinian Authority.
They suspect that the State Department is pursuing a policy to enable the PA to establish a stronger presence in Jerusalem.
The Washington Free Beacon reported on Friday that America First Legal (AFI), a group of conservative lawyers and activists, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the State Department for documents about US funding for the Palestinian Authority. Funding to the PA was suspended under President Donald Trump due to the Taylor Force Act which prohibits funding the PA if they pay stipends to terrorists. The Biden administration reinstated the funding.
The Free Beacon reported earlier this month on a non-public State Department report to Congress that determined the Palestinian government is still paying terrorists
AFI believes that much of the funding is going towards projects intended to undermine Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem.
