PA bemoans hardship due to anti-'Pay-to-Slay' Law
Headline: “Abu Rudeina briefs senior French officials on the Palestinian political developments”
“Deputy [PA] Prime Minister and [PA] Minister of Information Nabil Abu Rudeina briefed several of French President Emmanuel Macron’s advisors yesterday [March 29, 2019] in the French capital of Paris on the recent political developments regarding the Palestinian cause…
Abu Rudeina mentioned the difficult financial situation that our people is in, particularly after the theft of the Palestinian tax money by Israel (refers to Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terrorist salaries; see note below –Ed.), and expressed appreciation for the ongoing French support for our people.”
Nabil Abu Rudeina also holds the following positions: Fatah Commissioner of Information, Culture, and Ideology, spokesman for PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and Fatah Central Committee member.
Israel's Anti "Pay-for-Slay" Law - 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 by the Israeli Parliament 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] In accordance with the law, as of September 2021 Israel’s Security Cabinet had ordered the freeze of 1.857 billion shekels ($580.15 million) - the sum equivalent to the PA payments to terrorists in 2018, 2019, and 2020.