Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday accused the Palestinian Authority of continuing to fund terrorists and their families, despite public claims that the practice has ended, saying the payments are now being routed through a disguised pension system tied to Palestinian security services.
In a post on X, Sa’ar said the PA, led by Mahmoud Abbas, is masking payments to terrorists by categorizing them as benefits for retirees from Palestinian security forces. “Do not believe the lies of Mahmoud Abbas,” Sa’ar wrote. “The Palestinian Authority continues to pay salaries to terrorists and their families.”
Sa’ar said the PA has decided to maintain its long-standing policy of compensating terrorists based on the severity of their attacks. According to him, the system includes payments to the families of those killed while carrying out attacks, wounded terrorists, imprisoned terrorists, and those who have been released from prison.
He added that, in some cases, payments to freed terrorists are being concealed as pension disbursements to former members of Palestinian security agencies. “This is distorted,” Sa’ar wrote, calling on the international community to act immediately to end what he described as the “Pay-for-Slay” policy.
The remarks come amid repeated claims by the Palestinian Authority that it has halted direct payments to terrorists, assertions Israeli officials have rejected, arguing that the underlying system remains intact under different administrative labels.
{Matzav.com}
