PA pays terrorists’ salaries in full while PA employees get 50%
Headline: "[PA] Ministry of Finance: The allowances of the Martyrs, prisoners, and wounded will be paid in full, and the public employees' salaries at a rate of 50%"
"The [PA] Ministry of Finance and Planning announced that all of the March allowance salaries of the prisoners, released prisoners, and families of the Martyrs (Shahids) and wounded will be paid in full tomorrow, Tuesday [April 2, 2019], in accordance with the orders of [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas.
In a statement it published today, Monday, the ministry explained that the public employees' salaries will be paid at a rate of 50% of the salaries; at least 2,000 [Israeli] shekels for all groups of public employees, and at most 10,000 for the ministers, those serving at the rank of minister, the judges, and the diplomatic staff.
On the same topic, it emphasized that there is no change in the position of the Palestinian leadership and the [PA] government, which object to accepting the tax money [from Israel] if any amount is deducted from it illegally or without our agreement in advance (referring to the Israeli Anti "Pay-for-Slay" Law to deduct terror salaries; see note below –Ed.)."