[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H8112-H8113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION SUBSIDIZES MURDER

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this week, President 
Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security 
Advisor John Bolton made the courageous decision to close the 
Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, office in Washington.
  The PLO has taken no steps to advance the peace negotiations with 
Israel. Instead, they have focused their efforts on leveraging the 
International

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Criminal Court, which directly disrupts the peace process.
  Unfortunately, the PLO's efforts to subvert the International 
Criminal Court were advanced when former President Barack Obama refused 
to stand up for Israel in the U.N. Security Council.
  While the PLO condemns Israel, it is, shamefully, paying payments to 
families of suicide bombers and terrorists as rewards for mass murder. 
Hakim Abard, who murdered five members of an Israeli family, receives 
$14,000 a year from the PLO. The family of the murderer of American 
Taylor Force received benefits as a reward for that murder.
  The administration had provided the PLO the opportunity to remain 
when their waiver lapsed, but, unfortunately, the PLO continues to 
sponsor violence against innocent American and Israeli citizens. 
President Trump made the right decision.
  Our prayers for the people threatened by Hurricane Florence, with our 
appreciation for the first responders who are protecting American 
families in the tradition of 9/11.

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