Official PA daily quotes Israeli Justice Minister as admitting Israel has failed to stop the transfer of tax money to the PA in accordance with the law passed deducting in the amount the PA pays terrorists
Headline: "Shaked: We have not succeeded in stopping the transfer of the Palestinian prisoners' allowances"
"Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked from the Jewish Home party emphasized that the present government will not be able to complete its full term until November of next year [2019], and recognized this government’s failure to prevent the transfer of the allowances (mukhassasat) of the prisoners and the families of the Palestinian Martyrs (Shahids) (refers to a new law to deduct terrorist salaries from PA tax money; see note below –Ed.)…
Shaked said [this] during an interview that was published yesterday [Nov. 23, 2018] in the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot."
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]
"Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked from the Jewish Home party emphasized that the present government will not be able to complete its full term until November of next year [2019], and recognized this government’s failure to prevent the transfer of the allowances (mukhassasat) of the prisoners and the families of the Palestinian Martyrs (Shahids) (refers to a new law to deduct terrorist salaries from PA tax money; see note below –Ed.)…
Shaked said [this] during an interview that was published yesterday [Nov. 23, 2018] in the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot."
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]