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Once again, the PA has confirmed two facts: Pay-for-Slay continues, and the PA grants terrorists privileges it denies to ordinary employees.

Mundhir Al-Hayek, has now confirmed what PMW has been documenting all along about Pay-for-Slay.

"When we tell people or future generations that the [released] prisoner has no salary, that means he doesn't think about" committing terror

Alam Radio host: "Regarding the reforms, how many of the required reforms has the PA completed so far? Is the American administration satisfied so far with what it has completed?" Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "What the US is asking for regarding stopping the payment of..."

A post by a PLO Families of the Martyrs and Wounded Institution employee clearly shows that the PA's Pay-for-Slay program continues.

The PA's self-inflicted financial crisis is putting lives at risk

And yet, in the same breath, the PA radio host ignored his own warning and announced that Pay-for-Slay payments had indeed been made.

Al-Hurriyah Radio host: "Suhaila Al-Najjar asks: Is there no news about the prisoners' (i.e., terrorists') salaries? Actually, there is. A large part [of the prisoners' salaries] was paid through the banks. You can contact the relevant and responsible bodies. We don't want to talk much about the..."

Fatah is defending PA terror salaries as a basic right, portraying Israel's deduction of those terror rewards as "theft" and demonizing Israel and the US for opposing payments that incentivize and glorify terrorism. Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "This man [Israeli Minister of..."

PA's Finance Ministry made direct Pay-for-Slay payments to terrorists today.

PA TV host: "The [PA] Ministry of Health reported that the current financial crisis is affecting various components of the health sector in the West Bank, including government, public, and private hospitals, in addition to importers of medicines and medical supplies, as a result of accumulated..."

PMW founder and director Itamar Marcus told JPost that Abbas' "admission" must have "significant international implications."

National Association of the Families of the Martyrs of Palestine Secretary-General in Lebanon and Eighth Fatah Conference member Issam Halabi: "I say to the families of the Martyrs (i.e., terrorists): Not a single penny for you will be lost. Be a little patient, the problem [with transferring..."

Official PA TV host: "His Honor [PA] President [Abbas] referred in his speech [at the Eighth Fatah Conference] to the issue of the tax money being held by the occupation, and to the financial crisis caused to the Palestinian people, which includes the inability of the PA to pay salaries to the..."

Excerpt of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the Eighth Fatah Conference PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "The continued withholding of the Palestinian people's funds [by Israel], which have so far exceeded $5 billion dollars – by Allah! An oil-rich state cannot bear this. How can we bear it, $5..."

PA lawyers didn't dispute all terrorists deserve salaries and won't say if they will appeal the ruling

Fatah Ramallah District Branch member Jaafar Hamayel: "We must stand by the families of the Martyrs… We must stand by these families, provide for their needs, adopt all the children of these families… and pay allowances to these Martyrs." [Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, April 13, 2026]

Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam: "Greetings also to the released prisoners (i.e., terrorists) who stand firm, who are now also citizens… who sacrificed for the homeland in these prisons. Today they are the ones who defend this land despite the cessation of their salaries. The..."

Abbas’s Pledge Unravels as Millions in Stipends Flow to Convicted Terrorists

PA Finance Minister Estephan Salameh has doubled down on the PA's commitment to rewarding terror, even despite "great, almost impossible difficulty."

The video shows PA Minister of Finance Estephan Salameh speaking at a press conference. Press conference host: "We [the PA] are in a deep financial crisis resulting from the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) decision to continue withholding tax revenue funds for nine months (i.e., Israel's Anti..."

Not only is the program not  ending, as the PA has falsely claimed, but it is being expanded.

The Palestinian Authority’s $315 million hidden Pay-for-Slay

Senior Fatah official in Lebanon Abu Iyad Sha'alan: "I address the families of the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the wounded (i.e., terrorists), with greetings and full appreciation for their resolve and for understanding the political and economic pressures being exerted on the PA regarding the..."

Three conversations of Pay-for-Slay recipients