Your Tax Dollars at Work—in West Bank Settlements
Why is the U.S. Treasury Department subsidizing zealots who oppose our foreign-policy objectives?
By Christopher Hitchens
So here you have it in plain words: The U.S. Treasury Department passively allows tax breaks to vicious and fanatical groups whose activity, if conducted by Israelis, would be illegal under Israeli law! (It’s more than a decade since Israel banned tax deductions for groups that devote themselves to the creation of unrecognized “outposts” on the West Bank.) This, in effect, constitutes an official American subsidy to outlaw zealot groups whose aim is to destroy any chance of accomplishing what is this country’s declared foreign-policy objective.