Hamas and NOT sending any funding to them.

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Sunday, 05/17/2009 @ 06:44 PM

To whom it may concern:

Sderot to Congress: Don't Finance Terror!

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:00 AM PDT

From the Sderot Media Center

Rockets still fall upon Sderot and Southern Israel. Even with a "cease-fire", Hamas will not stop firing rockets.

Ceasefire broken again: Qassam slams into western Negev on Sunday

It is, therefore, essential that we not simply write a “blank check” for the Gaza-based Palestinians to continue acting this way. We must instead send a message that the United States will help with the needs of the Palestinians if - and only if - they meet the conditions of the international community to recognize Israel, renounce terrorism, and commit to all agreements they have signed with Israel. Not only has Hamas failed to meet any of these conditions, it has not stopped raining rockets on Israeli territory and still holds captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. It is essential that we condition our funding for Gaza on Hamas’ complying with these basic demands. Without such links, Palestinians will see the U.S. as providing aid while Hamas continues to terrorize the Israeli people, with no consequences from the U.S. government.

We urge you to condition our funding on reciprocal actions from Hamas. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Shelley Berkley

Member of Congress

Eliot Engel

Member of Congress

*The JTA News Service contributed to this report.

The United States has pledged $1.1 billion to Gaza. This is effectively giving $1.1 billion to Hamas. For the only funds that are going to Gaza are going to Hamas. Do you believe for one moment that any of the allocated funding will go to rebuild homes, schools, etc...? If you do I got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. It is an antique, but in very good condition (real cheap too).

please vote against Hamas getting any US funds. thanks

Your Constituent

carolyne

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	carolyne, on 05/17/2009 @ 07:36 PM wrote:
		My letter of Petition was a post from Maggie's Notebook, and I declare the same message. 5/17/09 WE SHOULD NOT EVER SUPPORT TERROR. Which BTW I repeat is HAMAS!

	xeroblade, on 05/17/2009 @ 10:44 PM wrote:
		I do think that allowing the united states to keep giving money to those people after they are attacking women and children is crazy in my eyes.

	revpifer, on 05/22/2009 @ 04:42 PM wrote:
		What a great letter, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona too! Any takers?

	shoshana, on 05/23/2009 @ 06:30 AM wrote:
		Although I am well aware that the Palestinians need assistance to climb out of the mess they are in, I absolutely do not believe Hamas is their way out. They voted in Hamas as a knee-jerk reaction and now are paying a dear price. When the Palestinians get together without so much infighting that they end up frozen or making things worse, then and only then will they be able to represent themselves as they want the world to view them.

	alexh, on 06/01/2009 @ 09:54 PM wrote:
		If the United States stopped sending money to Palestine, the innocent civilians would be the ones to suffer, not the "terrorists." Israeli occupation of land has caused the destruction of necessary infrastructure which is causes innocent people to die. Refusing funds will only harden the resolve of the terrorists and allow for easier recruitment of more. Send money through education. Send money through conventional weapons of war. Bring them to a state of parity with Israel, then see if Israel is willing to invade with tanks and bombers.

	ZachFaceDunkz, on 06/11/2009 @ 04:24 PM wrote:
		stop funding Palestine so that Israel can wipe them off the map? how about stop occupying their land, how about all the human rights violations inflicted on them? i hope you have nightmares for the rest of your life.

	calcondor123, on 07/02/2009 @ 03:49 PM wrote:
		yup, lets starve em out of their hole, and kill thousands of women and children. either way, its bad

	everythingsfree, on 07/03/2009 @ 02:01 PM wrote:
		This is such a hard issues. I feel for the non-Hamas palestinians, yet I agree that if any aid money is sent it will go directly into Hamas hands. It's a conundrum. How do we help?