Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar again accuses Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of lying about internal reforms regarding payments to terrorists and their families.
“Instead of ending all payments, he’s disguising many of them as payments to pensioners and salaries of the PA Security Services,” he writes on X, pointing to a statement by Abbas today that “loyalty to the sacrifices of our righteous martyrs, our steadfast prisoners, our wounded, and their resilient families is a deeply rooted national and moral obligation.”
He has accused the PA of lying about the policy in the past.
Last week, the Palestinian Authority’s new welfare agency reiterated that Ramallah would pay stipends to prisoners in Israeli jails based on economic need rather than time served, sparking protests across the West Bank.
Israel says that the reforms are superficial and that the “pay-for-slay” policy continues.
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