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Tamimi or his family qualify for a 'salary' from the PA, according to Itamar Marcus, the founder and director of the Israeli monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch. 'According to PA law, everyone who is imprisoned for 'resisting the occupation' receives a PA salary,' he said. 'In PA practice, 100...

PMW's report "The PA's Billion Dollar Fraud" led to public debate in the UK, which culminated in the UK freezing aid to the PA pending an investigation.

"Kifah Ghneimat and Iyad Fataftah attacked British-Israeli Kay Wilson and American Kristine Luken in 2010. Luken did not survive. Ghneimat was apparently described as a 'heroic prisoner' in June by a television host, who also spoke with the man's mother. The segment was translated by Palestinian..."

"British aid money is helping to pay ‘salaries’ to Palestinian prisoners – some of them convicted terrorists – serving time in Israeli jails, according to a report. The Palestinian Authority is paying them up to £1,957 a month – more than the average salary of a UK worker... A report by watchdog..."