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Source: http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/02/rewarding_palestinian_terroris.php
Rewarding Palestinian Terrorism
[Pajamas Media] Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen - The U.S. distributes funds to the Palestinians through the Agency for International Development (USAID). Until now, the U.S. funded only selected projects, which were expected to be vetted and certified by USAID to ensure recipients used the funds only for their allocated purposes, and did not "commit, threaten or support terrorism." Yet in at least 74 cases, according to a December 2007 audit, the USAID mission for the West Bank and Gaza "failed to comply" with the anti-terrorism requirements of Executive Order 13224, and failed to vet subcontractors and require anti-terrorism certification for all contractors and subcontractors who received money. Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is director and Alyssa A. Lappen is Senior Fellow at the American Center for Democracy.