Pay for slay

Times Square billboard targets PA 'pay-for-slay' policy

A billboard in New York’s Times Square spotlights the Palestinian Authority's pay-for-slay policy as Abbas advances a draft constitution for a future Palestinian state.

Times Square billboard bringing awareness to the Palestinian Authority's 'Pay for Slay' policy
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Despite pledge to end ‘pay-for-slay,’ Ramallah hides millions in terror stipends

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.

Political games and a message to the West: Expert expects more mock democracy from PA elections


NGO to Israeli gov't: Withhold NIS 241m. more in terror money from PA

In February, the government deducted NIS 502m., the amount the PA paid to terrorist prisoners in 2018. However, no announcement has been made since then regarding the sum paid to the families.

Worshippers at Kehillat Bnei Torah Synagogue in Har Nof‏

Palestinian Authority spent NIS 7b. to fund terror - report

Palestinian Media Watch published a financial report of the Palestinian Authority based on its own financial records for the years 2011 – 2018.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas – ‘He makes threats and engages in fiery rhetoric as part of a strategy to appease the Palestinian public.’

Shtayyeh: We received NIS 1.5 billion from Israel

"Crisis surrounding tax revenues remains unresolved"

Mohammad Shtayyeh gestures during a Palestinian leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 20, 2019.

PA accepts Israeli money despite anti-'Pay-for-Slay' law

Israel's anti-"Pay-for-Slay" law says the state must deduct the amount of money that the PA pays terrorists and families of what they call "martyrs" from the tax revenue that Israel gives the PA.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S.

Palestinian Authority agrees to receive taxes collected by Israel - report

Hussein al-Sheikh, head of the PA's General Authority of Civilian Affairs, said he met on Thursday with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon to resolve the crisis.

Palestinian militants of the National Resistance brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 28, 2016.

Abbas: Within a year, no Palestinian will need treatment in Israel

“Infants and children are dying. They are not getting the treatment they are supposed to get,” Dr. Raz Somech from Sheba Medical Center told the Jerusalem Post last month.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

PA raises salary of terrorist who helped carry out Cafe Hillel attack

Since the attacks, the PA has paid 3,248,900 shekels in financial rewards to the Hamas terrorists who carried them out, according to Palestinian Media Watch.

Dr. David Applebaum

PA President Mahmoud Abbas fires all advisers, demands back bonuses

In June, leaked PA documents showed that Cabinet members had been given a 67% pay raise, increasing their salaries from $3,000 to $5,000 a month.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab journalists in Ramallah on July 3

The UK-PA partnership to reward terrorists

In order to create the impression of bona fide activities and to give the donor countries that needed it “plausible deniability” regarding the manner in which the funds were used.

The Parliament of the United Kingdom

1,026 Palestinian prisoner terrorists enrolled in university - report

In 2011, it was decided by the Israeli government to deny prisoner terrorists the right to pursue higher education while in jail.

Palestinian prisoner terrorists receive academic degrees at a ceremony broadcast on Palestinian TV