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The Palestinian Authority is working on a strategy to restore relations with Washington and persuade the administration of US President-elect Joe Biden not to view the PLO as a terrorist, as reported by The Times of Israel.
The Israeli website quoted Palestinian officials as saying: “Efforts are focused on persuading the Biden administration to unconstitutionalize the 1987 congressional legislation, which describes the Palestine Liberation Organization and its affiliates as a terrorist organization.”
The site noted that “the Palestinian Authority hopes to pave the way for a renewed bilateral relationship with Washington based on the principle of equality, not peace with Israel.”
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, broke relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump, after he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017 and moved his country’s embassy to Jerusalem in May. of 2018.
Taylor Force Law
According to what the site quoted Palestinian officials, there is the authority’s intention to comply with the Taylor Force Act and change the way that allowances are paid to convicts and the families of those who carry out operations that Israel describes as ” terrorists “.
The law is named after the Taylor Force Act, in honor of an American soldier killed in Jaffa in 2016.
Israeli officials point out that “continued payment of subsidies to those convicted of terrorist attacks and to the families of those killed during the attacks is the policy of paying for the killings and is an incentive for terrorism.
The Taylor Force Act is a law passed by Congress to stop US financial aid to the Palestinian Authority until the Authority, in turn, stops paying salaries through the “Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund” to people who commit “terrorist acts and families of deceased terrorists”, according to the law.
The law was signed by US President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018, cutting about a third of US foreign aid payments to the Palestinian Authority.
In this context, two sources familiar with the website said: “Officials from the United States and the European Union have warned the authority, over the past year, that the lack of policy change will constitute a major obstacle to improving relations.” .
The amendment may lead to “compliance by the Palestinian Authority with the Taylor Force Act of 2018,” which suspended US aid to the Authority, provided it continues to implement the prisoner payment policy currently in effect, according to the site.
“Ignoring the 1987 law that classifies the Palestine Liberation Organization as a terrorist organization will allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to reopen in Washington,” the Israeli website concluded.
