Pay for slay

A just US ruling, an Israeli absurdity: The Jewish state is complicit in rewarding terror - opinion

No country should tolerate payoffs for crimes against humanity.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas is seen at an event in Italy, last year.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

PA ordered to pay $655.5 million to Intifada victims after NY Appeals Court reinstates prior ruling

Israelis protest outside Maasiyahu prison, central Israel, the possible release of terrorist who tortured and murdered Israeli soldier Moshe Tamam nearly 40 years ago. May 31, 2023.

Family of murdered IDF soldier outraged as terrorist released, entitled to tax-funded service

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

PA paid half a billion shekels to terrorists in pay-for-slay scheme, sources reveal -exclusive


Fuld case gains momentum as DOJ and bipartisan leaders push for Supreme Court review

If deemed constitutional, the case would return to the Southern District, continuing without the major roadblocks faced thus far.

‘WHAT MAKES Ari [Fuld]’s death so much more painful is our government’s inability to stem the problem at its source.’

Fuld case gains momentum as DOJ and bipartisan leaders push for Supreme Court review

If deemed constitutional, the case would return to the Southern District, continuing without the major roadblocks faced thus far.

‘WHAT MAKES Ari [Fuld]’s death so much more painful is our government’s inability to stem the problem at its source.’

Knesset passes law to help terror victims sue terrorist financiers

Amounts received in such lawsuits will not be deducted from the amount paid to victims of terrorism on behalf of the state.

 Illustrative image of a court gavel.

Israelis should demand their gov't shake off the self-delusional reverie of peace with the PA

The basic, underlying assumptions and security paradigms upon which Israeli policy has been built for decades came crashing down on October 7.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. While the PA proudly declares its full partnership with Hamas, the US continues to maintain that this twisted leadership is a viable alternative for post-war Gaza, says the writer.

The Palestinian Authority cannot govern Gaza - opinion

Society cannot accept any arrangement installing PA rule over Gaza due to the sheer laziness or willful blindness of Western leaders, as the PA fosters, funds, and furthers violence. 

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

US bipartisan group calls on Blinken to end Palestinian 'pay-for-slay'

The scheme currently costs the Palestinian Authority $300 million annually (approximately NIS 1 billion) and amounts to 8% of the PA’s budget.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, last week.

Britain's current transparency approach is morally wrong - editorial

The British government is refusing to disclose whether it has safeguards in place to ensure that its aid to the PA is not underwriting the obscene “pay to slay” policy.

 A man reacts, as friends and family mourn 17-year-old Israeli Nachman Shmuel Mordoff, who was killed in a Palestinian terrorist attack along with three other Israelis near the settlement of Eli, at his funeral in Shilo in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023.

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. 

 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.

 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.

 Palestinians walk past a bank in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 25, 2015.