Abbas throws even more money at released terrorist millionaires
- Abbas enriches released terrorist millionaires with additional "release grant"
The picture shows a smiling released Palestinian terrorist posing with his check from Mahmoud Abbas.
Text on envelope: "A grant from President Mahmoud Abbas"
[PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs, Facebook page, Jan. 30, 2025]
According to Palestinian Authority Government Decision No. 15 of 2013, released terrorists are given a release grant that can be as high as $25,000. The amount depends on the time each terrorist spent in Israeli prison—meaning, the worse the crime and the longer the sentence, the higher the grant.
Some of the worst recently released terrorists were expelled to Egypt. It was at a ceremony there that the prisoners posed for pictures showing off the additional money they were given by Abbas. The PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs made sure to publish the pictures on its Facebook page to let Palestinians know that terrorists are so important that they continue receiving money even after leaving prison. In total, the PA is paying out an additional $5,352,500 to the released terrorists.
This terror reward is in addition to the monthly rewards the PA pays prisoners while in jail. Palestinian Media Watch recently exposed that at least 316 terrorist prisoners released in the ongoing exchange deal between Israel and Hamas leave prison as millionaires (in shekels). This wealth has been generously provided to them as "Pay-for-Slay" by the PA for their terror against Israelis. The 734 terrorists being released in the first part of the deal have received at least 506,385,600 shekels ($142,353,110).
PMW reported last year that since 2019, the PA has not had enough money to pay its civil servants and have been paying them only between 50%-80% each month. Paying out millions now to released terrorists, including hundreds of murderers, again shows the importance that the PA places on terror.
Last week, PA Chairman Abbas issued an ambiguous presidential decree changing the way terrorists in prison are paid. Terrorist prisoners and families of terrorist "Martyrs" will continue to receive monthly payments but within a different framework. PMW will be reporting more as details come to light.
Posted text: "During the meeting with the released prisoners today [Jan. 30, 2025,] in Egypt and the distribution of [release] grants from His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, in the presence of the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners' [Affairs], the Palestinian [PA-funded] Prisoners' Club, and the embassy of the State of Palestine in Egypt."
[PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs, Facebook page, Jan. 30, 2025]