Tag: Payment to Terrorists
Sidelined by international community, Palestinians accept tax money withheld by Israel
Buckling under severe financial strain and unable to maintain its own threat to reject tax transfers from Israel, the Palestinian Authority this week accepted NIS 1.5 billion (nearly $430 million) in a move it...
Danon urges action by UN Security Council after terror groups kill Israeli student
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon urged the world body to condemn the murder of an Israeli teen in an apparent terrorist attack in the West Bank on Thursday.
In a letter addressed...
PA doubles salary of terrorist responsible for murder of 3 Israeli teens
According to Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch, on July 7 the Palestinian Authority doubled the monthly salary it pays to Husam al-Qawasmi, the terrorist that planned the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Eyal Yifrach,...
PA increased payments to terrorists by 11.8 percent in first half of 2019
The Palestinian Authority has publicized its monthly expenditures for the first five months of 2019.
The figures show that the P.A. has paid no less than NIS 234,172,000 (more than $65 million), or, on average,...
Watchdog raises concerns over EU role in funding Palestinian Authority’s terrorist prisoners
With both the United States and Israel exerting financial pressure on the Palestinian Authority to end its payments to terrorist prisoners and the families of “martyrs,” the media watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch is...
Palestinian Authority prioritizes salaries to terrorists over medical care for ill Palestinians
Until now, Israel has been giving medical treatment in Israel to thousands of Palestinians every year. But this humanitarian program will now come to an end, as the Palestinian Authority has decided to stop...
PA leader Abbas warns: ‘Without terrorist salaries, we will nix Paris Protocol’
Israel has one week to reinstate funds it has deducted from the taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, otherwise, the P.A. will seek to reopen the Paris Protocol, the office of...
Israel’s Security Cabinet approves law to deduct terror payments from PA
Israel’s Security Cabinet approved the implementation of a law on Sunday to deduct funds from tax revenue withheld from the Palestinian Authority over its payments to terrorists and their families.
The move would deduct funds...
Palestinian Authority spends six times more on terrorists than on own population
In its 2017 budget, the Palestinian Authority allocated NIS 550 million ($150 million) to pay salaries to terrorist prisoners and released terrorist prisoners.
The salaries paid to these recipients, among them murderers, ranged from NIS...
Cruz introduces bill to impose sanctions on Palestinian officials for rewarding terrorism
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced legislation on Thursday to impose sanctions on Palestinian officials who reward terrorists.
The End Palestinian Terror Salaries Act would, within 90 days of being enacted, impose financial penalties on Palestinian officials who...