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"More than 8 per cent of money from the PA Central Treasury was used to pay terrorists’ salaries, according to documents obtained in 2012 by Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch."

"British aid money is supposed to be rebuilding and developing the Palestinian territories. However a devastating new report to be released this week by Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli NGO, suggests that Western donors have been duped by assertions that the Authority no longer funds..."

Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth has called for Britain to suspend all aid to the Authority until payments to terrorists cease. ‘The Palestinian Authority is putting two fingers up to the British taxpayer,’ he said. ‘It is not the job of the hardworking British taxpayer to fund payments to...

"Now, courtesy of Palestinian Media Watch, we discover that – far worse - the EU is helping to fund pro-suicide bomber propaganda. Earlier this month, Israel transferred the bodies of 91 terrorists, including suicide bombers, to the Palestinian Authority. A TV program for youth, called Speak Up,..."

"'Every terrorist in prison, including those whose acts led to the deaths of Israeli civilians, are on the PA payroll,' said Itamar Marcus, of Palestinian Media Watch. [...] Tory MP Philip Davies said the payments were 'ludicrous.' He added: 'People think overseas aid is to try to alleviate..."

Legislators in the US and Britain responded that they find it "disgraceful" and "ludicrous" that their tax money is paying these salaries. (August 8, 2011)