Trump's lawyer Giuliani to PMW:
- "The PA is a prime supporter of terrorism and therefore not entitled to be a state"
- The PA is "a murder machine"
- "The US should not give the PA any money, and not just restrict the use of money, because money is fungible"
- "Palestinian
Media Watch is doing a great service in documenting this on such a
large scale, and I congratulate them and hope that they continue"
by PMW staff
Giuliani's response was that these activities show the PA to be a "murder machine." The PA's response to terror including financial support and honor for terrorists makes them "a prime supporter of terrorism."
Most significantly, Giuliani concluded that because of the PA's terror support they are "therefore not entitled to be a state."
In his statement to PMW, Giuliani focused on the PA's policy of paying salaries to terrorists:
"The
payment of money by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists who are
convicted of terrorism is an absolute human rights outrage and a crime
in and of itself. To give money to people who slaughter innocent
human beings, including children and women and innocent people of all
kinds, is a direct contribution to terrorism... The fact that the
Palestinian Authority does this, carries this out on a massive scale, is
yet another indication that the Palestinian Authority is a prime supporter of terrorism, and therefore not entitled to be a state."
[Giuliani recorded statement to PMW, June 6, 2018]
Giuliani believes that countries must cut off all funding to Palestinian Authority:
"The United States, for example, should not give the Palestinian Authority any money, and not just restrict the use of money,
because money is fungible. So if they get money for one purpose, they
just don't use it for that purpose and they move it over to paying
terrorists for killing Americans, because many of these terrorists have
killed Americans as well as Israelis."
Significantly,
Giuliani recommends even stricter financial sanctions on the PA than
were imposed by the US Congress' recent Taylor Force Act (TFA). The TFA
permits limited US funding of the PA for specific humanitarian needs.
Giuliani is arguing that since money is fungible any funding to the PA
is supporting terror.
Giuliani expressed warm appreciation to PMW for our work in exposing all of this to the international community:
"Palestinian
Media Watch is doing a great service in documenting this on such a
large scale, and I congratulate them and hope that they continue this
activity until we cut this out."
The
following is Rudy Giuliani's full statement to PMW following the
meeting with PMW Director Itamar Marcus and PMW Head of Legal Strategies
Maurice Hirsch:
Rudy Giuliani, lawyer to US President Donald Trump:
"The
payment of money by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists who are
convicted of terrorism is an absolute human rights outrage and a crime
in and of itself. To give money to people who slaughter innocent
human beings, including children and women and innocent people of all
kinds, is a direct contribution to terrorism. It gives the terrorists
the support that if they engage in these activities they can get
basically a salary for life that could go to their families, and this is
the kind of thing you do for people who are engaged in legitimate
military activities, not for terrorists, and you have the blood of the
future terrorists' victims on your hands if you're doing this. The fact
that the Palestinian Authority does this, carries this out on a massive
scale, is yet another indication that the Palestinian Authority is a prime supporter of terrorism, and therefore not entitled to be a state. This money should be cut off in any way that it could be. The
United States, for example, should not give the Palestinian Authority
any money, and not just restrict the use of money, because money is
fungible. So if they get money for one purpose, they just don't use
it for that purpose and they move it over to paying terrorists for
killing Americans, because many of these terrorists have killed
Americans as well as Israelis and citizens of other countries. And if
the American government cares about the lives of its citizens, it will
stop supporting a murder machine, which is what the Palestinian
Authority has become. Palestinian Media Watch is doing a great
service in documenting this on such a large scale, and I congratulate
them and hope that they continue this activity until we cut this out."
[Giuliani recorded statement to PMW, June 6, 2018]
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