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FM Sa’ar again accuses PA of lying about reforms to ‘pay-for-slay’ policy for terrorists
2025-12-25
[IsraelTimes] Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar again accuses Palestinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
of lying about internal reforms regarding payments to terrorists and their families.

“Instead of ending all payments, he’s disguising many of them as payments to pensioners and salaries of the PA Security Services,” he writes on X, pointing to a statement by Abbas today that “loyalty to the sacrifices of our righteous martyrs, our steadfast prisoners, our wounded, and their resilient families is a deeply rooted national and moral obligation.”

He has accused the PA of lying about the policy in the past.

Last week, the Palestinian Authority’s new welfare agency reiterated that Ramallah would pay stipends to prisoners in Israeli jails based on economic need rather than time served, sparking protests across the West Bank.

Israel says that the reforms are superficial and that the “pay-for-slay” policy continues.
Related:
Mahmoud Abbas 12/23/2025 Hamas officially mum as its allies slam PA over apparent suspension of prisoner payments
Mahmoud Abbas 12/21/2025 US slaps sanctions on two more ICC judges over cases against Israel
Mahmoud Abbas 12/21/2025 Huckabee holds rare meeting with PA official to discuss West Bank tensions — officials

Related:
Pay for slay: 2025-12-14 IDF says troops killed Palestinian who threw bomb at them in West Bank
Pay for slay: 2025-03-26 In first, court freezes some Israeli funds to PA in support of lawsuit by terror victim’s family
Pay for slay: 2025-02-25 A Convicted Terrorist Oversees Abbas's 'Reformed' Pay for Slay System. Plus, How a Biden 'Environmental Justice' Adviser Raked in Taxpayer Dollars.
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