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Schumer wants U.S. rewards posted for Palestinian killers of Americans San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, Dec. 22, 2000 |
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| Washington (special) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called
upon the U.S. State Department to post rewards on its website for Palestinian
terrorists who have been identified as the killers of American citizens,
some of whom were also citizens of Israel. Schumer said it is wrong for
America to post rewards for other killers, but not for these.
Schumer said in a press release that the State Department has been considering for two years whether to post rewards for Palestinian terrorists who kill Americans and added: "We have waited long enough. It's time to act. Every American who cares about our nation's fight against terrorism deserves to see our government make every effort to bring terrorist killers of Americans to justice." The Israeli government has publicly identified 23 suspects in the killings of 14 American citizens in Israel since 1993. Schumer said if America were to offer rewards--as it does for killers in other terrorist incidents -it would "certainly help entice those with knowledge of these terrorists whereabouts to come forward." --- Donald H. Harrison |
