Pay for slay

Palestinian election candidate warns West Bank could ‘explode’ unless Israel releases tax funds

Palestinian election candidate Dr. Ahmad Shadid warned that withheld PA tax revenues and rising unemployment could trigger an “explosion in the West Bank” with regional consequences.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Dr. Ahmad Shadid, head of the Al-Finiq (The Phoenix) list running in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections said Israel should release Palestinian tax revenue.
Jewelry, cash, and car keys seized from Hamas terrorists and their families in an Israeli operation on August 26, 2026.

Israel raids homes of terrorists’ families, seizes hundreds of thousands in PA funds

Police raided several homes, including that of Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Abad, who was involved in an attempted suicide attack in Jerusalem in 2002.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas. Thousands of October 7 victims and their families are seeking to hold the PA civilly liable, arguing that its long-standing prisoner payment and employment policies helped sustain terrorists who return to violence.

Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Thousands of plaintiffs are taking the PA to court, arguing that its financial and employment policies toward convicted terrorists create a link to the Hamas massacre.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
This picture shows the headquarters of Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Jerusalem affairs in the occupied West Bank town of al-Ram, near Jerusalem, on November 4, 2018;illustrative

US judge allows terror victims' lawsuit against PA, PLO over 'pay-for-slay' to proceed- interview

US District Judge Colleen McMahon ultimately ruled that the PA’s public commitment to pay Palestinian prisoners who commit acts of terrorism can constitute assistance under the Antiterrorism Act.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

UK refuses to disclose audit of aid to Palestinian Authority

The amount increases the greater the prison sentence, such that Ramallah pays more for wounding or killing more Israelis. 

JULY 11, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The PA and Abbas have repeatedly shown that they are not interested in peace or prosperity for the Palestinians.

Ten ways to ‘work on’ ending the pay-for-slay - opinion

No matter how many times the PA-controlled news media slander the United States, the Biden administration continues to embrace and praise the PA – and pay its bills.

JUNE 11, 2023BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, last year. Halt all meetings between US representatives and PA officials, the writer demands.

Funding crisis endangers Palestinian statehood, UN warns donor parley

In the absence of a peace process, the AHLC has become one of the few forums in which Israeli and Palestinian officials cooperatively meet.

MAY 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians walk past a bank in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 25, 2015.

The Oslo process has failed, it's time to recalculate Israel's plan - opinion

Successive Israeli governments have failed to clamp down on violations by the PA, it's time to go after their tax receipts

APRIL 16, 2023ByMAURICE HIRSCH
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

Bill taking Israeli citizenship from ‘pay-for-slay’ terrorists is now law

The final reading saw the bill pass 94-10. The bill has received wide bipartisan support during the legislative process, with some opposition from Arab parties.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Bill revoking citizenship for 'pay-for-slay' terrorists reaches final vote

If the bill passes in the Knesset, the interior minister would be able to revoke Israeli citizenship or residency over what is commonly referred to as "pay-for-slay"

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Palestinian terrorism finds generous sponsors in the West to fund genocide - opinion

For decades, various Palestinian organizations and so-called charities have benefited from the largesses of our Western governments and wealthy sponsors, all in the name of "peace and development."

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
MEMORIAL CANDLES are lit after Shabbat, at the scene of a terror attack on a synagogue on a Friday night last month, in which seven people were killed, in Jerusalem’s Neveh Ya’acov neighborhood.

For Palestinians, terrorism against Israel pays - opinion

In what they describe as social security payments, the PA hands out monthly rewards to Palestinians (and their families) who carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalise ties, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 3, 2020

Smotrich doubles penalties for pay-for-slay, withholds NIS 100m.

“Yesterday I signed an order doubling the amount,” Smotrich said in a notice he sent out to the press on Thursday morning.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families at the Israeli Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Bill revoking 'pay-for-slay' terrorists' citizenship passes first reading

The committee vote on the bill came just a few days after a series of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.