Abbas complains that funds withheld by Israel are needed to pay terrorist salaries


The West Bank security barrier near Abu Dis, pictured in February 2020; illustrative.




















The West Bank security barrier near Abu Dis, pictured in February 2020; illustrative.
(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas admitted that tax funds being withheld by Israel would be used to fund Palestinian terrorists during a speech at the Eighth General Conference of Fatah.

The comments confirm that the PA has not ended its pay-for-slay policy, even though it has restructured payments so they no longer reflect the prisoner’s sentence and now distributes the funds under the guise of social welfare.

“The continued holding of Palestinian Authority funds by Israel is an unprecedented event that violates the agreements between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, as well as international law,” Abbas claimed in his Fatah conference address. “...The continued withholding of the Palestinian people’s funds, which have so far exceeded $5 billion…and all this needs to be paid to public employees, to prisoners (terrorists)…”

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