Carter: Send US Taxpayer Cash to Terrorists
St. Jimmy has come out in favor of continuing American, Israeli and EU funding of the Palestinian Authority.
“The Palestinian Government is destitute, and in desperate financial straits. I hope that support for the new government will be forthcoming,” Carter said at a Jerusalem press conference.
If domestic laws prevent funding of the terrorist group, then the UN should circumvent the law and do it.
He added that if international law barred donor countries from directly funding a Hamas-led government than the US and the EU should bypass the Palestinian Authority and provide the “much-needed” money to the Palestinians via non-governmental channels such as UN agencies.
UPDATE: 1/30/2006
At least Condi knows how to handle the situation: Rice to Nations: Withhold Assistance
