If US President Bush determines that the PLO is not preventing terrorism, he will have to impose sanctions. That requirement is in the foreign aid bill that the House of Representatives has passed overwhelmingly (381-46). The sanctions could include lowering the political status of PLO offices in Washington, stopping the flow of US tax dollars to the PLO (except for humanitarian aid), and declaring Arafat\'s Force 17 and Tanzim gunmen to be terrorist groups. The Senate still must approve the bill, but Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and McConnell (R-KY) have already drafted a letter calling for support. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs William Burns said that the administration has yet to take a position on it; however, US President George W. Bush was recently quoted as saying that \"Arafat can do better\" in fighting terrorism.
In addition, the \"Kobi Mandel Bill,\" named for an American Jewish boy murdered in Israel by Arabs, calls for the US Justice Department to investigate and prosecute Arab terrorists who maim and murder U.S. citizens. And Congressman Eric Cantor has introduced a bill called the Temple Mount Preservation Act of 2001, which would deny the PLO any aid if it disturbs the holy site without Israeli approval. \"U.S. tax dollars are going to terrorist organizations responsible for murdering civilians and who are determined to destroy the history and religious foundations of both Christianity and Judaism -- it must stop,\" Cantor says. Yet another bill would stop US tax dollars to the PLO unless it condemns terror as a means of achieving political goals.
Furthermore, two letters have been prepared by senators and representatives calling on the US President to reassess support for a corrupt PLO, which uses Arab children as battlefront warriors.
In addition, the \"Kobi Mandel Bill,\" named for an American Jewish boy murdered in Israel by Arabs, calls for the US Justice Department to investigate and prosecute Arab terrorists who maim and murder U.S. citizens. And Congressman Eric Cantor has introduced a bill called the Temple Mount Preservation Act of 2001, which would deny the PLO any aid if it disturbs the holy site without Israeli approval. \"U.S. tax dollars are going to terrorist organizations responsible for murdering civilians and who are determined to destroy the history and religious foundations of both Christianity and Judaism -- it must stop,\" Cantor says. Yet another bill would stop US tax dollars to the PLO unless it condemns terror as a means of achieving political goals.
Furthermore, two letters have been prepared by senators and representatives calling on the US President to reassess support for a corrupt PLO, which uses Arab children as battlefront warriors.