The CJV was asked for a statement as part of a recent article appearing at JNS, “American Jewish Committee lobbied US to pay Palestinian Authority’s unpaid bills.” The PA has failed to pay its obligations to the Lutheran-run Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, despite its commitment to do so. The AJC has quietly lobbied US officials to get the United States to cover the bills.

The CJV statement reads as follows: “There is no moral responsibility to pay the bills of a regime such as the PA, which has enough funds to pay its own bills but refuses to do so in order to use its money to pay salaries to terrorists.”

Read the full article at the Jewish News Service.