A new Palestinian Authority NGO decree might halt US aid to the 'West Bank' and Gaza

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Title : A new Palestinian Authority NGO decree might halt US aid to the 'West Bank' and Gaza
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(JNS) Though President Joe Biden is eager to resume aid to the Palestinian Arabs, their leaders are making it difficult for him.

For years, U.S. officials have tried to use economic aid to improve Palestinian Arab civil society, but the Palestinian Authority (PA) has embarrassed their efforts. The P.A. adopted laws providing financial rewards to terrorists and their families, a system of incentivizing terrorist attacks on Israelis commonly known as “pay-for-slay.” Congress took a while to notice those laws, but when it finally did, it said it did not want to subsidize terrorism by funding the P.A.

In 2018, Congress passed the Taylor Force Act, which prohibits U.S. aid from benefitting the P.A. To reopen a path by which to send aid to the Palestinian Arabs, the Biden administration is drawing a distinction between the P.A. and Palestinian civil society. Congress gave the administration this opening by categorizing the former as pro-terrorist, but not the latter.

The P.A. is in the process of plugging up that opening. Palestinian Authority leaders have been eliminating the distinction between the P.A. and private Palestinian Arab associations by increasing official control over those associations.

This is not only a sad story for the Palestinian Arabs, but is now also a legal problem for the Biden administration.

In March 2021, P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas issued Law-by-Decree No. 7/2021, which effectively nationalizes Palestinian nongovernmental organizations. This is a major roadblock for U.S. economic assistance, though Abbas says the Palestinians “highly value” the aid. Palestinian NGOs were so angry about the law-by-decree that the P.A. suspended its enforcement, promising “consultations” with the NGOs. But the law-by-decree has not been repealed.

In upholding the integrity of the Taylor Force Act, Congress can be expected to scrutinize the Biden administration’s position that Palestinian Arab civil society is distinct from the organs of the P.A. U.S. officials will need to show appropriators that U.S. funds, despite the P.A.’s power grab, are not benefiting the P.A. If the relevant congressional committees conclude that the P.A. has effectively taken over Palestinian NGOs, or that the P.A., through Decree No. 7/2021 or otherwise, is siphoning U.S. funds into its treasury, they will demand suspension of U.S. aid to the 'West Bank' and Gaza, despite the administration’s desire to resume the flow of funds.