Congress: 114 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Clawson, Curt (R-FL)
Defend Israel by Defunding Palestinian Foreign Aid Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any amounts from being obligated or expended to provide assistance, loan guarantees, or debt relief to the Palestinian Authority (PA), or any affiliated governing entity, until the PA withdraws its request to join the International Criminal Court.
This bill blocks all US foreign aid, loan guarantees, and debt relief to the Palestinian Authority unless it withdraws its application to join the International Criminal Court.
The bill uses aid as leverage to reverse Palestinian Authority ICC membership efforts—a key venue where Palestinian officials have sought to pursue investigations into Israeli military and settlement conduct. Passage would make PA ICC participation financially impossible.