Taylor Force

US victims of Palestinian terror sue PLO over 'pay-for-slay' scheme

Families of slain and injured Americans, including Taylor Force’s relatives, filed a US lawsuit accusing the PLO of rewarding terrorists with monthly payments.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas pose at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit last week. The absence of a firm message does not bode well for either Gaza’s rehabilitation or Saudi normalization, the writer argues.
 Jenin residents protest against arrests made by PA security forces, July 17.

American money ear-marked for PA security used to pay families of terrorists from Jenin - report

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

US seeks to financially assist the PA so it can control Gaza after war - WSJ

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestine Authority head Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah last month.

There can be no partnering with the PA - opinion


Father of Taylor Force coming to Israel for vote

Taylor Force’s murder led to the March 2018 passage of the Taylor Force Act in both houses of Congress, which cuts US aid to the PA until it stops paying terrorists and their families.

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016

White House warns Palestinians of aid cut without end to ‘martyr’ payments

Trump has called for a broad review of all US foreign aid, including of aid to the Palestinians.

The White House is pictured in Washington D.C.

Is Netanyahu stonewalling ‘pay-to-slay’ bill?

The Prime Minister has pushed and praised the legislation that would require the government to deduct PA payments to terrorists from the taxes it owes the authority. But will he follow through?

People in Ramallah walk past a poster depicting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails

ANALYSIS: Lies no longer count as diplomacy

Despite all costs thus far, the PA have persistently clung to their “Pay for Slay.”

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016

PA lifts ‘disguise’ on ‘martyr’ payments, defying Taylor Force Act

This year, the commission that finances payments to terrorists and their families was returned to the PA budget, shortly after the US passed the Taylor Force Act.

Palestinian terrorists' income per month chart

Curing the Palestinian schizophrenia

In the face of the enactment of the Taylor Force Act the current entrenched Palestinian leadership now has some difficult choices to make.

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016

Moral clarity

In the give and take of political negotiations, it is rare that a piece of legislation offers absolute moral clarity.

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016

Taylor Force's father says passing of law is good but 'not the end'

Force's son Taylor was killed by a Palestinian assailant in March 2016.

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016

Palestinians slam Congress's passage of Taylor Force Act

The PA called the legislation "politically-motivated financial pressure."

United States Capitol building in Washington, DC.

US Taylor Force Act to become law despite Palestinian Authority opposition

The law would dramatically halt US financial assistance to the PA absent reform, while retaining aid allotted to security cooperation and some humanitarian relief.

Taylor Force, 29, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in Jaffa on March 8, 2016