Abbas: We would pay our last penny to terrorists and their families
“[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said that it is necessary to achieve a historical national reconciliation in order to deal with all of the plots surrounding our national cause, beginning with the deal of the century (i.e., US President Donald Trump’s as yet unpublished Middle East peace plan) and the war against the families of the Martyrs and the prisoners and the like (apparently refers to US Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 and Israeli Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terrorist salaries –Ed.)…
The president emphasized that the children of the Martyrs are the most precious thing that we have. He added that their cause has been sacred since 1965, and that we will not neglect them. He also said: ‘The battle that we are currently in with the Israelis and Americans [was caused by] them not wanting the salaries of the families of the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the wounded to be paid, while we emphasize that even if we had only one penny left, we would divide it between these families. We will not abandon them to hunger and poverty.’”
Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018