Politics

Meadows joins Cruz against PLO office

By Bill Moss, Published: December 22, 2015

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows joined Sen. Ted Cruz in urging the Obama administration to close the Palestinian Liberation Organization's office from Washington, suggesting that it supports terrorism against Israel.

Cruz and Meadows sent a letter, signed by 30 other Republican lawmakers, to Secretary of State John Kerry saying that Israel has "seen a dramatic increase in deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians sympathetic to the message of hatred and intolerance proclaimed by leaders" of the PLO, The Hill reported.
Cruz and Meadows cited a report from the Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based research group, which said that the PLO pays monthly salaries to Palestinians jailed in Israel on security and terrorism-related charges.