Leahy Law would cut aid to Israel, but no one wants to enforce it

by Kathryn Shihadah

Killing of Palestinians is not new. It has been going on for decades, unabated, uncriticized, and bankrolled by the US. We have laws on our books – the Leahy Laws – that enable us to withhold aid to countries that commit such human rights abuses, but in spite of overwhelming proof of abuse by Israel, our politicians refuse to cut off military support.

Ziyad ShihadahApril 19, 2018detention, abduction, elor azoria, leahy, extrajudicial killing, torture, rape, great march, un watch, geneva conventions, yasser murtaja, lieberman, ehud barak, netanyahu

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