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Schumer wants U.S. rewards posted for Palestinian killers of Americans

San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, Dec. 22, 2000

 
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