How Israel’s Economic Prospects Relate to Its Diplomacy
A vigorous rebound from the economic crisis.
April 13, 2021
When you reward bad behavior, you get more of it.
Last week, the State Department announced that it will remit some $150 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which serves to perpetuate the Israel-Palestinian conflict by keeping Palestinians in a permanent state of refugeedom while educating their children to hate Jews. Tens of millions of dollars more will go to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. To send this aid, the Biden administration will have to find a way around two pieces of legislation that forbid U.S. funds from going to institutions that support terrorism. Matthew Continetti comments:
A vigorous rebound from the economic crisis.
When you reward bad behavior, you get more of it.
A spurious pretext for fighting Israel.
Did Samson Raphael Hirsch seek compromise or synthesis?
And their translator’s ambivalent attitude toward Jews.
Last week, the State Department announced that it will remit some $150 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which serves to perpetuate the Israel-Palestinian conflict by keeping Palestinians in a permanent state of refugeedom while educating their children to hate Jews. Tens of millions of dollars more will go to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. To send this aid, the Biden administration will have to find a way around two pieces of legislation that forbid U.S. funds from going to institutions that support terrorism. Matthew Continetti comments:
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