M-16 shirt glorifying Palestinian terrorism. Photo: Palestinian Media Watch.

According to Palestinian Authority (PA) Government Decision No. 15 of 2013, released terrorists are given a release grant that can be as high as $25,000.

The amount depends on the time each terrorist spent in Israeli prison — meaning, the worse the crime and the longer the sentence, the higher the grant.

The picture below shows a smiling released Palestinian terrorist posing with his check from Mahmoud Abbas.

The text on the envelope reads: “A grant from President Mahmoud Abbas”

[PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, Facebook page, Jan. 30, 2025]

The PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs made sure to publish the pictures on its Facebook page to let Palestinians know that terrorists are so important that they continue receiving money even after leaving prison. In total, the PA is paying out an additional $5,352,500 to the released terrorists.

This terror reward is in addition to the monthly rewards the PA pays prisoners while in jail.

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) recently exposed that at least 316 terrorist prisoners released in the ongoing exchange deal between Israel and Hamas leave prison as millionaires (in shekels). This wealth has been generously provided to them as “Pay-for-Slay” by the PA for their terror against Israelis. The 734 terrorists being released in the first part of the deal have received at least 506,385,600 shekels ($142,353,110).

PMW reported last year that since 2019, the PA has not had enough money to pay its civil servants and has been paying them only between 50%-80% each month.

Paying out millions now to released terrorists, including hundreds of murderers, again shows the importance that the PA places on terror.

Last week, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas issued an ambiguous presidential decree changing the way terrorists in prison are paid. Terrorist prisoners and families of terrorist “Martyrs” will continue to receive monthly payments but within a different framework. PMW will be reporting more as details come to light.

Posted text: “During the meeting with the released prisoners today [Jan. 30, 2025,] in Egypt and the distribution of [release] grants from His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, in the presence of the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ [Affairs], the Palestinian [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club, and the embassy of the State of Palestine in Egypt.” [emphasis added]

[PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, Facebook page, Jan. 30, 2025]

The author is the Founder and Executive Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.