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Financial commentator Thabet Abu Al-Rous: “Despite the Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian side and the Palestinian [PA] government will pay the money that the families of the prisoners and the Martyrs (i.e., terrorists) deserve… The payments to the families of the prisoners and Martyrs total 52...”

Refusing to divert terror payments to education workers, the PA intends “to implement a series of punitive measures against the teachers”

In a terror-oriented mindset, the PA would rather reward terrorists than pay educators

Despite rise in PA income, it still can’t afford paying its employees their full salaries

PA President Abbas gives "allowances of families of Martyrs and the wounded priority on everything concerning payment" says PLO, while only being able to afford to pay their employees 80% of their salaries

Fatah and PLO declare that they will keep paying terrorists' salaries and the suggestion to "turn these salaries into welfare allowances is unacceptable" – "we will not abandon the martyrs and the wounded"

PM Shtayyeh says the PA "doesn’t rely on Biden" because Israel is “the American interest” of both “Democratic and Republican administrations," while pledging that Hamas will get time on Official PA TV for election campaigning

Brother of PA critic who was killed by the PA police for his opposition, reveals that Abbas tried to bribe his family with "as much money as they want" and "martyr status" in order to hush up the incident

Payment of terrorists’ salaries through post offices is “unbearable,” says mother of terrorists responsible for at least 10 murders

"Founding director of Palestinian Media Watch Itamar Marcus" along with multiple PMW reports are quoted in Israeli Media, as Jerusalem Post amplifies claims of PA/Fatah violence and terror incitement

PM Shtayyeh says that "the prisoners’ cause is sacred and the most important thing is their financial rights" vowing to "fulfil our obligation to them" by paying the terrorist prisoners' salaries and "protecting their rights"

In rare article criticizing the PA, writer says PA is on the verge of economic collapse because it has refused over 3 billion shekels from Israel

PLO says they will "force the banks to transfer" terror salaries because "non-payment of the salaries constitutes a violation of the instructions of the PA government," after "some Palestinian banks did not implement the decision to continue paying" salaries to terrorists

PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs says that terrorists can receive salaries through Palestinian banks like other PA employees, although "work is continuing to establish a designated bank" for terrorists and their families to receive terror payments

"On Tuesday to the prisoners and [the families of] the Martyrs."

"The prime minister demanded that the occupation authorities release all of the prisoners"

"I thank the PA for paying the salaries of my brother the Martyr from Hamas..."

"Out of the released prisoners, nearly 4,000 of them are from Hamas and they receive their salaries without any problem"

"Assaf emphasized that the Martyrs are more honorable than all of us, and that they and their families and the prisoners and their families constitute a Palestinian red line."

“Shtayyeh: The [PA] public employees’ salaries will be paid at a rate of 110%”

"We say to [Israel]: Every stone you have built on our land and every house you have built on our land... will disappear"

"The tax dispute with Israel has caused a worsening of the current financial crisis"

“Politically, we cannot take it that our kids in jail are terrorists”

Headline: "The father of a sick person calls on the [PA] president to serve health and let his son complete his treatment in Israel"

"We will not agree that our sons in the prisons be defined as terrorists and that it be said that we are funding terror."