Officials from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office are asking the US to pressure the Palestinian Authority and its leader Mahmoud Abbas to cut payments it makes to the father of terrorist Ra’ad Hazem, who carried out Thursday’s attack in Tel Aviv, Channel 12 news reports.
Fathi Hazem is a former security prisoner who previously served as a senior officer in the Palestinian Authority’s security services in Jenin, and thus receives a stipend from the PA. Earlier today, he hailed his son’s deadly shooting spree and encouraged further such acts.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz has brought up payments to relatives of terrorists in all of his meetings with Abbas, the channel reports.
Israelis are hoping the Biden administration will make clear to Abbas that his condemnation is not enough and needs to be followed by action, from cutting the payments to aiding a likely Israeli offensive in Jenin to crack down on terror emanating from there.
However, officials harbor no illusions that the pressure campaign will yield results, the channel says.
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