Pay for slay

Will European investment into Palestinian economy undermine Israel’s efforts to end pay-for-slay?

Itamar Marcus, the founder of Palestinian Media Watch, noted that one of the participating banks has explicitly refused requests to close accounts reportedly used to pay released terrorists.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in May 2026.
The West Bank security barrier near Abu Dis, pictured in February 2020; illustrative.

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

Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.

After a $655M PLO verdict, Oct. 7 victims go after Hamas's money - interview

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas is seen at an event in Italy, last year.

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


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.

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

 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.

 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"

 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."

 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.

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.

 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.

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