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The Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bill to let victims sue terror paymasters advances in Knesset

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The Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved in a preliminary reading a bill allowing victims of terrorism to file tort claims against those who provide remuneration for committing acts of terrorism. This proposed legislation takes on...
The Taylor Force Act being introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) in 2016. Taylor Force’s father, Stuart Force is pictured at the center-right. Source: Twitter.

Murder of Elan Ganeles brings Palestinian Authority’s ‘martyr fund’ back into focus

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The aftermath of the murder of U.S.-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles has brought renewed focus to the Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund, whose compensation to those convicted of terrorism against Israelis and Israeli targets, and their families is...
Religious Zionism Party head Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Nov. 6, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Smotrich doubles revenue withheld from PA over ‘pay for slay’

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Thursday the signing of an order doubling the amount of tax and tariff revenue Israel withholds from the Palestinian Authority because of its “par for slay” policy. “The P.A....
Palestinian rioters attack Israeli security forces in Bethlehem, May 18, 2021. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

More than 90 countries call on Israel to restore PA terror funds

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More than 90 countries signed a letter, published on Monday, demanding the “immediate” reversal of Israel’s punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority. The U.N. General Assembly late last month approved a resolution calling on the ICJ to...
The two-year memorial event for terror victim Esther Horgen took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Jan. 11, 2023. Photo by Tony da Silva/Samaria Regional Council.

Memorial for Israeli terror victim Esther Horgen held in EU Parliament

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A memorial event marking two years since the killing of terror victim Esther Horgen was held on Wednesday at the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference, an initiative of the Samaria Regional Council and the...
A farewell ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport for Taylor Force, a U.S. Army veteran killed by a Palestinian terrorist in Jaffa, March 2016. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Terror victims sue Biden administration for funding Palestinian Authority

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Victims of Palestinian terror are suing the Biden administration for awarding millions of dollars to the Palestinian Authority, which pays terrorists and their families. The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. district court in Texas on...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads the weekly Cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Is Israel undermining its own law with surreptitious payments to the PA?

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The Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision on Sunday to withhold funding from the P.A. equivalent to the amount it disburses to reward terror could prove to be an empty gesture that undermines the law, if...
View of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem before a court hearing on the denial of citizenship for two Arab Israelis who carried out terrorist attacks on Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Landmark Israeli Court ruling holds Palestinian Authority liable for terror funding scheme

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In a groundbreaking decision, the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that Israeli victims of terrorism and their families can now sue the Palestinian Authority for damages. This decision is groundbreaking because it removes...
Israeli forces searching for an armed terrorist near the scene of a deadly shooting on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, April 7, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

PA making terror payments to hundreds of Israeli citizens

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The Palestinian Authority is disbursing stipends worth thousands of shekels to hundreds of Israeli citizens involved in terrorist operations, and to their relatives. According to an investigation conducted by the Israeli defense establishment at the...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides arrives at his swearing-in ceremony as new ambassador to Israel, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

US ambassador to Israel calls settlement growth ‘infuriating,’ backs a divided Jerusalem

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides joined Americans for Peace Now (APN) in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss his new job and what his vision is for the region. “I’m center-left,” he said....