Posts Tagged: PA terror payments
Israel to Withhold $180 Million in Palestinian Tax Funds Over Terrorist Stipends
Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday voted to withhold almost $180 million from tax revenue that the country collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA),...
Why Is Israel Undermining Efforts to Halt PA Terror Stipends?
JNS.org - Following the Aug. 29 meeting in Ramallah between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, Gantz announced that Israel...
Bennett Orders Seizure of Palestinian Authority Payments to Families of Eight Israeli-Arab Terrorists
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett signed an order on Wednesday to seize financial payments made by the Palestinian Authority to eight jailed Israeli-Arab terrorists. The PA...
Israel Assigns Task Force to Enforce New Law Aiming to Slash PA Terror Payments
JNS.org - A new task force to track the payments the Palestinian Authority makes to convicted terrorists and their families was established by Defense Minister Avigdor...
Australia Terminates Direct Funding to Palestinian Authority Over Terror Payments
JNS.org - Australia will no longer give direct financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, citing concerns that international aid is being used to provide payments...
In Meeting With Kushner, Abbas Defiantly Vows to Continue PA Terror Payments Policy, Palestinian Newspaper Reports
A leading Palestinian newspaper published an account on Monday of a tense encounter between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Donald Trump's senior adviser...
European-Funded Palestinian NGOs Launch Fierce Defense of PA’s Terror Payments Policy
Leading Palestinian NGOs -- many of them backed with generous funding from European governments and agencies -- have launched a new campaign in defense of...
Tillerson Still Hopeful on End to Palestinian Terror Payments Despite PA Denial of Policy Change
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered a clarification on Wednesday of comments he made the previous day concerning an end to the so-called "martyr...
Israel and PA Rebuff US Claim That Palestinians Will Stop Terror Payments
JNS.org - Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both rebuffed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s claim that the PA will no longer pursue its policy of paying...
Mother of American Victim of Palestinian Attack Calls for International Pressure on Palestinian Authority Over Terror Payments
The mother of an American victim of a 2015 Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank issued a clarion call to the international community on...