Abbas refuses to take any tax transfers from Israel that includes “the deduction of even one penny” of terror salaries
“During the PLO Executive Committee meeting that was held at the [PA] presidential headquarters in the city [of Ramallah] yesterday, Thursday [Oct. 3, 2019]… [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] spoke about the theft of tax money by the occupation for this the seventh month (i.e., referring to Israel’s Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terror salaries; see note below), and said: ‘We are still suffering as long as the money of the Martyrs, prisoners, and wounded is being held by Israel. Despite their great amount of contact to seek solutions, we told them that any solution that does not include [the money of] the Martyrs, wounded, and prisoners is absolutely unacceptable.’ …
The committee also reviewed the conversations held by the leadership to resolve the Israeli occupation government’s taking control of the Palestinian money and confiscating it. The president and Executive Committee members emphasized their adherence to the principled position that rejects the deduction of even one penny from the money of the families of the Martyrs, the wounded, and the prisoners. This is because it is a national cause that expresses our adherence to our principles, goals, and national fundamental principles that cannot be harmed, despite all of the suffering that we are experiencing due to the confiscation of our money.”