PA will pay Palestinian terrorists and martyr's families 75% of their terror salaries because of PA financial struggles, with the aim to repay the other 25% at a later date
Headline: “The [PA] government establishes a committee to examine improving the quality of health services”
The article is about the PA government’s weekly meeting -Ed.
“The [PA] government listened to a report on the PA’s severe financial situationin light of the deficit that was caused as a result of the rise in the scope of Israeli deductions from the tax money, which stood at 214 million [Israeli] shekels this month (refers to Israel’s Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct PA terror salaries; see note below, and the PA’s payments for services provided by Israel to the PA and Palestinians -Ed.). As a result of this, paying full salaries is becoming a most difficult thing. It was imposed on the [PA] Ministry of Finance to make the appropriate decision and determine what percentage can be paid at the time to all the groups – the employees, the pensioners, the families of the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the PLO personnel in the homeland and the diaspora. The Ministry of Finance determined that 75% of the salaries will be paid, with every amount that is reduced from the employees’ salaries being considered as a debt to them that will be repaid when money will be available…
In a speech he gave at the start of the meeting, [PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh warned against the severe consequences of the organized state terror that the settlers and occupation soldiers are carrying out in the occupied Palestinian territories…
He added: ‘The settlers are carrying out terror under the protection of the Israeli army, which punishes the victims. This cannot continue, and the occupation state must bear responsibility for the terror and acts of cold-blooded murder. The latest examples of this were the death as a Martyr of young Muhammad Shawkat Abu Salima (i.e., terrorist, wounded 1 person) from Salfit, and the death as a Martyr of child Muhammad Nidal Younes (i.e., terrorist, wounded 1 person) from Nablus this morning [Dec. 6, 2021].’”
Israel's Anti "Pay-for-Slay" Law