Cantor and Roskam op-ed on Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Friday. Even taking into considerations that Israel is located in a trecherous neighborhood, these are troubled times for the Jewish state, as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) explain in a Politico op-ed:

Terror in the Palestinian territories has taken a decisive step forward. Peace is in retreat.

Under the new accord, for the first time, Hamas's TV broadcasts are to be sent into the West Bank. Shows designed to poison the minds of young Palestinians by lauding the ways of jihad and perpetuating hateful lies about Israel, Jews and the U.S. will likely further radicalize the West Bank.

Remember, these are the same broadcasts that notoriously aired a Mickey Mouse-like cartoon character teaching children to "annihilate the Jews."

The last time the PA partnered with Hamas, the latter forcibly removed the former from the Gaza Strip and created a virtual terrorist state on Israel's borders. Six years and thousands of rockets and mortars later, many Israeli civilian communities are still paying the price. The U.S. must not allow this to be repeated in the West Bank.

Cantor and Roskam are asking that our government suspend aid to Palestinian authorities.

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