Lawmakers Concerned Over Billions Pledged To Gaza

Fox News reports that "lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they are concerned that some of the billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip, including money from the United States, may end up in the hands of Hamas. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced at an international donors conference on Monday that $4.48 billion in new funds has been pledged for rebuilding the Gaza Strip... He said other nations recommitted themselves to funds they promised in the past but never delivered, bringing the total to $5.2 billion. That includes $900 million from the United States..."

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill, told FOXNews.com: "To route $900 million to this area, and let's say Hamas was only able to steal 10 percent of that, we would still become Hamas' second-largest funder after Iran." He called the package a "waste of money," given the U.S. recession.

Much of this money is supposed to be funneled through the United Nations and Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority. Any money going through the PA will certainly end up supporting terrorism as Fatah itself has an armed terrorist wing. The UN is no more reputable an organization. As Fox News reports, "most recently, UNRWA handed Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., a letter addressed to President Obama from Hamas. The group apparently did not tell Kerry the letter was from Hamas, but later told media outlets that it was -- outraging U.S. officials." Further, UN agencies actually have a history of allowing Hamas members to work for them. Former U.N. Commissioner-General for Gaza and the West Ban Peter Hansen stated, back when he was the head of UNRWA, that "I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don't see that as a crime . . . we do not do political vetting and exclude people of one persuasion as against another."

Congress must stop this madness, and make sure that not a single taxpayer dime goes toward this terrorist stimulus plan.
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