The PA called the legislation « politically-motivated financial pressure. »
WASHINGTON — The Palestinian Authority excoriated Congress on Friday for passing the Taylor Force Act, a law that threatens to freeze State Department funds to the PA unless it ends its longstanding practice of compensating the families of terrorists convicted in Israeli courts. The PA’s envoy to Washington, Husam Zomlot, dismissed the effort as politically motivated. The pressure “does not work,” he said, “and severely damages the prospects for peace in the Middle East.”
