Peloni: How many layers of hypocrisy do we need to be subjugated before we realize that PA is not reformed, not reforming and not reformable. They are a terrorist entity which was created to mask their terrorist motif, and if the West were actually interested in Peace between the Arab Palestinians and Israel, they would have begun by choosing an authority which was not originally based upon terrorism. It is not as if the PA represents the peoples within the PA territory, not today and not when the PA was first created in 1994. Indeed, a terrorist organization was chosen in 1994 to lead the newly created PA which quickly demonstrated itself over the years to be in every way possible a terrorist organization itself. Despite this fact being so blatant that the US halted its financial support of the PA under Trump, Trump’s plan for a peaceful middle east sets us up for the inclusion of the terrorist PA being revamped into a non-terrorist framework rather than finding any other form of leadership which would sensibly be a better choice so long as it had not been associated with acts of terrorism similar to those which the PA has been financing for decades.
Israel says the Palestinian Authority is still running its “pay?for?slay” policy despite official reforms.
Israfan | Nov 11, 2025
Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil – https://memoria.ebc.com.br/agenciabrasil/galeria/2010-12-31/mahmoud-abbas-lanca-pedra-fundamental-da-embaixada-da-palestina-no-brasil, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikipedia
The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, sharply rejected the idea that the dismissal of the Palestinian Authority (PA) finance minister marks an end to the so?called “pay?for?slay” payments to terrorists and their families. On the contrary, he accused the PA of attempting to obscure ongoing payments while persisting in the underlying policy.
In early November?2025, Sa’ar pointed out that although President Mahmoud Abbas replaced finance minister Omar Bitar with Estephan Salameh, no explanation was offered for the change. He said that despite the dismissal, the PA retains full responsibility for its payments to prisoners and their families.
Behind the scenes, Palestinian officials confirmed that Bitar had approved payments to certain prisoners outside the PA’s recently adopted need?based welfare criteria. He allegedly authorised stipends still tied to sentence length the hallmark of the previous system that rewarded longer sentences with higher pay.
Background: For years, the PA has run a stipend program through its Martyrs’ Fund and Prisoners’ Fund, providing monthly sums to prisoners, and to families of those killed, injured or jailed by Israel. Critics say this incentivises attacks on Israelis. In February?2025, Abbas issued a decree saying the PA would shift from payments based on sentence length to a need?based welfare assessment.
But Israel and its allies remain sceptical. Sa’ar claims the PA simply changed the channel from sentence?based payments to needs?based stipends yet continues to funnel money to terrorists and their families. He accused European governments of turning a blind eye.
What this means for Israel:
- The continuation of “pay?for?slay” payments undermines efforts to weaken the link between terrorism and monetary reward.
- Failure to monitor and enforce the reform raises concerns about international aid flowing to funds that still support armed activity.
- Israel insists that any peace process must address not only cessation of attacks but also financial mechanisms that reward them.
What to watch:
- Will the PA publish transparent data on its payments and disbursement criteria?
- Will donor nations tie future aid to verifiable cessation of these payments?
- Will Israel use the withholding of tax revenue transfers to enforce compliance?
In conclusion, while the PA publicly claims to have reformed its payment system, Israel contends that the pattern remains. For Israelis and supporters of Israel around the world, it is an issue of principle funding of terrorism cannot be masked as social welfare. The State of Israel stands firm in upholding justice, protecting its citizens, and championing a future where terror is neither rewarded nor tolerated.
How dare they be sceptical of Abu Mazen, the self proclaimed president of the PA now in his 20th year of a 4 year term?
OK, let’s assume for the sake of argument that the so-called Palestinians would actually elect him again and again awarding him respectability .
The first thing Abu Mazen did after the release of prisoners from Israeli jails was to reward them for their killing of the Jews. The more they killed, the more they were paid.
That is the place that Israel can hurt them the most: in their pockets.
The new law being talked about in the Knesset is actually only for theatre. Israeli courts can hand down a death penalty as it has before. It simply requires the proper grade of judges at the court. The execution of Eichmann was an example of this kind of court. The current swamping of the courts by the cases of so many imprisoned terrorists is an issue that needs to be addressed. How about changing the regulations surrounding the Israel Supreme Court that permits them to accept cases applied to the court from anyone or his dog while avoiding cases of major impact? Fixing this problem would free up a few of the judges available to hand down death penalty verdicts instead of picking on mostly law-abiding Israeli citizens.