PA attempts to avoid donor pressure by transferring the responsibility for paying monthly prisoner salaries of 27 mill shekels from the PA to the PLO
"The decision [to transfer the payments from the PA to the PLO] is the PA's response to Israeli pressure to which it has been subjected for a long time, specifically, non-stop criticism of the [PA's] support of the prisoners, which it [Israel] considers 'support of terrorism,' as well as the..."