OPINION:
The unwarranted Palestinian Authority effort launched this month in the International Criminal Court accusing Israel of war crimes for defending itself during the recent war in Gaza should bring immediate action from Congress (“Israel faces war by other means,” Web, Feb. 1). Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen to ignore all the agreements in the Oslo accords and now in a further step has attempted to delegitimize the Jewish state for responding to Hamas’ terrorist attacks in a measured way.
With substantial financial support from the United States not only directly but through the United Nations, too, Congress can and should shut off the funds that have enabled the Palestinian Authority to wage a propaganda war against Israel. Abbas should be shown that there is a price to be paid for his flaunting of all previous agreements.
NELSON MARANS
Silver Spring
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