<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senate Democrats voted down an amendment on Thursday proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that aimed to freeze U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority, which controls parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The amendment would have stopped aid to the Palestinian Authority or any Palestinian government in the West Bank or Gaza until specific conditions were met, such as the Palestinian Authority formally condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel and a safe return of the hostages being held by Hamas, Fox News </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-sink-amendment-halt-palestinian-aid-until-hamas-hostages-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Paul’s amendment was attached to the short-term spending bill that Congress </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/budget-spending-congress-extend-shutdown-fa6958e60fd2c08880b21e091f108215" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">passed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Thursday to avert a government shutdown through March. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The only thing consistent about American foreign aid is that the money continues to flow, regardless of the behavior of the recipients,” Paul </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/01/18/congress/rand-paul-palestinian-aid-push-falls-senate-00136352" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, according to POLITICO. “You would think with the massacre and everything else why would we be giving any money to the Palestinians … shouldn&#8217;t they have to do something to earn the money?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forty-seven Senate Democrats, plus the three independent senators who caucus with the party, voted against Paul’s measure. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) was the lone Democrat to vote in favor of the amendment, and six Republicans <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00010.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not cast</a> a vote. The measure, which needed 60 votes in its favor to pass, failed 44-50. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We speak of human rights but reward those who violate them,&#8221; Paul said on the floor on Thursday. &#8220;We can no longer afford empty rhetoric. It makes no sense to borrow money from China and turn around and give that money away to foreign countries. It is fiscally irresponsible, and it is weakening our national security. America must demand a change, a change in behavior from those who do not accept Israel&#8217;s right to exist from those who actively seek the destruction of the State of Israel and murder innocent Israelis.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paul, who regularly opposes U.S. aid to foreign countries, was the lone Republican to join a </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bipartisan-senate-majority-rejects-sanders-bid-for-gaza-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">resolution</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earlier this week that would have frozen U.S. aid to Israel unless the Biden administration reported to Congress within 30 days and addressed whether Israel committed human rights violations in its war against Hamas. Sanders’ measure failed to pass as the Senate overwhelmingly voted against it 72-11. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Israel’s war against Hamas, which began in response to the terrorist group’s brutal attack on Israel on October 7, is well into its third month. The terrorists still hold around 130 hostages in the Gaza Strip, including six Americans. </span></p>

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