(Wall Street Journal) David Aufhauser and Sander Gerber - Since 9/11, it has been accepted wisdom that stopping funds flowing to terrorism is a vital way to diminish its reach and incidence. A second operating principle growing out of 9/11 is that people who underwrite terrorism bear culpability equal to those who commit it. Over the past 10 years, Washington has provided more than $4 billion in foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority. However, American assistance programs have yet to ensure effectively that taxpayer dollars are not diverted to support acts of terror. The Palestinian Authority's support for killing is indisputable because it is codified in law. Statutes pledge to martyr families triple the income for life of the average salary in the West Bank. Not another dollar should flow until measures are adopted to assure that no more people are slain because American aid enabled the PA to confidently promise compensation for killing. Mr. Aufhauser was chairman of the National Security Council Policy Committee on Terrorist Financing and the general counsel of the Treasury Department after 9/11. Mr. Gerber is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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