When they complain of donor fatigue, it’s more of a ruse to put Israel to sleep
To borrow a phrase from John F. Kennedy ask not what the Palestinian Authority has done with the $20 billion it collected from donor nations since 1994. Ask, instead, how the PA plans to spend any future funding.
We know a sizable chunk was diverted to reward terrorists and their families for murder and mayhem committed against Israelis and US citizens. Some $5 billion about a quarter of the total came from US taxpayers. Former president Trump turned off the spigot, and Congress passed the Taylor Force Act in 2018 to punish the PA for its misbehavior. European and Arab nations even complained of “donor fatigue” and questioned whether giving further aid was merely throwing good money after bad.
William Burns, Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the CIA, said the president told him “to give it to him straight” on the agency’s intelligence findings, and he called China’s “adversarial, predatory leadership’ the biggest threat to the U.S.
Veteran US diplomat William Burns, nominated to lead the CIA, pledged Wednesday to keep the agency free of politics and said China would be his main focus if confirmed. If approved as expected by the Senate, Burns will be the first career diplomat to lead the CIA. Quizzed by lawmakers on his views of US adversaries, Burns said that while China was the premier challenge, it would be a mistake to underestimate Russia under President Vladimir Putin.
William Burns, Biden s CIA pick, vows intensified focus on competition with China By Olivia Gazis, Stefan Becket
Updated on: February 24, 2021 / 2:48 PM / CBS News Inside look at the CIA and its directors
Washington Ambassador William Burns, President Biden s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, vowed on Wednesday to boost efforts to collect intelligence on China and to approach competition with Beijing with intensified focus and energy.
A career diplomat, Burns appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, where he earned bipartisan praise for his decades of public service and widespread support for his nomination to lead the spy agency.
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