Major (res.) Shai Maimon said it was "an absurd situation in which there is an explicit law requiring the government to punish the PA for supporting terrorism, yet the government is disregarding it."
By Aryeh Savir & Baruch Yedid / Tazpit News Agency
Bank branches have informed the former prisoners and their families that they must withdraw the balance of the money from their accounts before they are closed and that the paycheck paid to them by the PA through the bank will be the last.
The police explained that these were funds “received from a hostile entity.”
Every month, the PA forwards some NIS 40 million in tax revenue to terrorists and their families.
The PA has made it clear they will not stop payments to the jailed terrorists.
The Washington Post attempts to portray the PA's Pay for Slay law as a social welfare program.
By JNi.Media
The PA's budget allots just under $170 a month to welfare families, while the maximum monthly payment to a security prisoner is about $3,340.