Days Before Biden Left Power, He Sent Millions To Palestinian Forces, Including Terrorists

Only 17 days before the Biden administration left power, it sent more than $3 million to the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), among whom are members who, according to a report, executed more than 1,500 terror attacks against Israel in 2023.

The Washington Free Beacon gained access to a January 3 nonpublic funding notice transmitted to Congress. “Those funds allowed the PASF to conduct ‘firearms and ammunition’ training—and came after its members carried out scores of attacks against Israelis,” Adam Kredo of the Free Beacon reported, adding that the “PASF is reportedly seeking more than $680 million from the American government over the next four years.”

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which researches Palestinian society and has numerous Arabic language researchers, conducted a 2024 investigation that found roughly 400 Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism were known to be members of the PASF. Additionally, PMW reported in February 2024 that it had “documented at least 55 attacks by PA security forces against Israeli soldiers or civilians since 2020 … In each case, the PA or its ruling Fatah party has eulogized the attacker as one of their own ‘soldiers.’”

“The American suggestion to empower these terror forces to rule Gaza after Israel has destroyed the terror infrastructure is inconceivable,” PMW founder Itamar Marcus told the Washington Free Beacon last year. “The PA and its security forces are a fundamental part of the problem; it is absurd to believe they can be part of the solution.”

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, noted, “The PASF have demonstrated an ongoing inability to maintain order in (Judea and Samaria), a fact made more concerning by emerging reports of the group’s ties to terrorism in the region. As everyone knows, money is fungible.”

McCaul called for the Trump administration and Congress to “conduct rigorous oversight of this type of funding, which the Biden administration quietly noticed at the 11th hour. We must ensure taxpayer dollars are not empowering terrorists to fight our allies and undermine the very principles they’re meant to protect.”

According to the notice, the funds the Biden administration sent are providing “equipment and training” in Judea and Samaria for the Palestinians. As The Free Beacon noted, the first Trump presidency froze hundreds of millions in U.S. funds for the Palestinian Authority, but the Biden administration reinstated $45 million a year in funding to the PA security services, despite the fact that internal assessments “showed that the funding could boost the Iran-backed terror group Hamas.”