That aid has come with a very
heavy price.
In Feb. 2019, President Trump’s
total cutoff of aid to the Palestinians became official. That year, 10 Israelis
or people in Israeli controlled areas were killed in stabbings, shootings,
rocket and other attacks, down from 12 the previous year, 15 in 2017 and 16 in
2016.
In 2020, however, only three Israelis were killed.
These numbers reflected the
diminished capacity of the Islamic terrorists. The reduction in numbers was not
due to the pandemic. The year still saw attacks, including firebombings, rocket
launches and stabbings, but the success and lethality rates for these attacks
were lower.
The numbers turned around
dramatically once again in 2021.
In April 2021, the Biden
administration restored aid to the PLO. Terror incidents, reflecting attack
attempts, shot up sharply, from 91 in February and 89 in March to 130 in April.
By May, major fighting had
resumed, with 13 Israelis, including two children, killed.
By the time the year was over, 17
people in Israeli areas had been killed. The over 400% increase in deaths was
only the beginning. In 2022, 31 Israelis or people in Israeli areas were killed,
up from only three in 2020, for a massive 900% increase in casualties since the
restoration of foreign aid to the terrorists. This was the worst death toll
since 2015 under Obama.
But in January and the first half
of February, 10 Israelis have already been killed, including a 6-year-old boy and
his 8-year-old brother.
Three times as many have been
killed in the past month and as in all of 2020. That’s a 233% increase over
2020 in just a fraction of a year, but it’s also a marked month-to-month
escalation from 2022, which featured no attacks at all in January or February.
More people have already been killed by terrorists in 2023 than through most of
March 2022.
What a difference a billion
dollars makes.
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