Official PA TV program puts a spotlight on PMW, showing posters depicting salaries paid to Palestinian terrorist prisoners by the PA
Official PA TV program Israeli Media in the Spotlight, on Israeli TV Channel 20 report on the activities of Israeli organizations – including PMW – to stop the money paid by the PA to terrorists and their families, which have led to changes in Israeli policy including the legislation of a law to deduct the terrorist salaries from the tax money Israel collects for the PA; see note below.
The Channel 20 report in Hebrew has been subtitled in Arabic.
Visual:
PMW fliers about the salaries paid to terrorists by the PA are shown.
Law to deduct terrorist salaries from PA tax money - Israeli law stating that the PA payments to terrorists and the families of dead terrorists is a financial incentive to terror. The law instructs the state to deduct and freeze the amount of money the PA pays in salaries to imprisoned terrorists and families of "Martyrs" from the tax money Israel collects for the PA. Should the PA stop these payments for a full year, the Israeli government would have the option of giving all or part of the frozen money to the PA. The law was enacted on July 2, 2018.
During the parliamentary vote, the law's sponsor Avi Dichter said: “The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee received much help in its deliberations... from Palestinian Media Watch who provided us with authentic data that enabled productive and professional deliberations, nuances that are very difficult to achieve without precise data.” [Israeli Parliament website, July 2, 2018]
The Channel 20 report in Hebrew has been subtitled in Arabic.
Visual:
PMW fliers about the salaries paid to terrorists by the PA are shown.
Law to deduct terrorist salaries from PA tax money - Israeli law stating that the PA payments to terrorists and the families of dead terrorists is a financial incentive to terror. The law instructs the state to deduct and freeze the amount of money the PA pays in salaries to imprisoned terrorists and families of "Martyrs" from the tax money Israel collects for the PA. Should the PA stop these payments for a full year, the Israeli government would have the option of giving all or part of the frozen money to the PA. The law was enacted on July 2, 2018.
During the parliamentary vote, the law's sponsor Avi Dichter said: “The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee received much help in its deliberations... from Palestinian Media Watch who provided us with authentic data that enabled productive and professional deliberations, nuances that are very difficult to achieve without precise data.” [Israeli Parliament website, July 2, 2018]