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Biden admin warned about potential dangers of restarting aid to Palestinians
State Department officials warned as early as 2021 that sending U.S. aid to areas controlled by Palestinian groups could serve to benefit Iran-supported terrorist groups such as Hamas.
A March 2021 internal State Department document that was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon earlier this year and verified by Fox News Digital shows officials privately communicating their concerns that a Biden administration plan to unfreeze over $360 million in U.S. funds for the Palestinian Authority could risk benefiting terror groups, a trade-off the officials argued was necessary for national security.
"We assess there is a high risk Hamas could potentially derive indirect, unintentional benefit from U.S. assistance to Gaza. There is less but still some risk U.S. assistance would benefit other designated groups," the State Department wrote in the document. "Notwithstanding this risk, State believes it is in our national security interest to provide assistance in the West Bank and Gaza to support the foreign policy objectives."
Biden admin warned about potential dangers of restarting aid to Palestinians
A March 2021 State Department request shows that U.S. officials privately worried that unfreezing funds for the Palestinian Authority could indirectly benefit terrorists.
Forget about Iran for a minute. Yet another foreign policy blunder by the Biden administration. They knew and gave money which helped arm Hamas, culminating in the recent terrorist attacks. They claimed this was needed to be done for national security. Yeah, some national security. Now 14 Americans are dead and about 20 have been taken hostage.
