Pay for slay

Palestinian Authority President Abbas faces backlash over cutting 'pay-for-slay' salaries

Palestinians have held protests across the West Bank, accusing Mahmoud Abbas and his leadership of “disrespecting the sacrifices made by the Palestinian people.”

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers his speech during the 2025 Atreju political festival organized by Fratelli d'Italia party near Castel Sant'Angelo, on December 12, 2025 in Rome, Italy.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) meet at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, November 7, 2025.

EU probe into Palestinian Authority shows violations of 'pay-for-slay' ban - report

The pay-for-slay program by the PA was said to have ended in February earlier this year, after President Mahmoud Abbas had signed a decree canceling it.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as he visits the Istishari Cancer Center in Ramallah, in the West Bank, May 14, 2025.

FM Sa'ar: PA trying to ‘fool the world’ on pay-for-slay despite finance minister dismissal

Sa'ar's comments come after PA President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the PA's finance minister, seemingly for illicit prisoner payments.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Palestinians hold pictures of their relatives during a protest demanding Israel to return the bodies of Palestinians held by Israel, in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 31, 2025.

Palestinian ‘pay-for-slay’ policy isn’t over, watchdog says, citing Saturday payouts

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had signed a decree in February canceling the program, an announcement which was met with widespread European approval.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ten ways to ‘work on’ ending the pay-for-slay - opinion

No matter how many times the PA-controlled news media slander the United States, the Biden administration continues to embrace and praise the PA – and pay its bills.

JUNE 11, 2023BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, last year. Halt all meetings between US representatives and PA officials, the writer demands.

Funding crisis endangers Palestinian statehood, UN warns donor parley

In the absence of a peace process, the AHLC has become one of the few forums in which Israeli and Palestinian officials cooperatively meet.

MAY 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians walk past a bank in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 25, 2015.

The Oslo process has failed, it's time to recalculate Israel's plan - opinion

Successive Israeli governments have failed to clamp down on violations by the PA, it's time to go after their tax receipts

APRIL 16, 2023ByMAURICE HIRSCH
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

Bill taking Israeli citizenship from ‘pay-for-slay’ terrorists is now law

The final reading saw the bill pass 94-10. The bill has received wide bipartisan support during the legislative process, with some opposition from Arab parties.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Bill revoking citizenship for 'pay-for-slay' terrorists reaches final vote

If the bill passes in the Knesset, the interior minister would be able to revoke Israeli citizenship or residency over what is commonly referred to as "pay-for-slay"

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Palestinian terrorism finds generous sponsors in the West to fund genocide - opinion

For decades, various Palestinian organizations and so-called charities have benefited from the largesses of our Western governments and wealthy sponsors, all in the name of "peace and development."

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
MEMORIAL CANDLES are lit after Shabbat, at the scene of a terror attack on a synagogue on a Friday night last month, in which seven people were killed, in Jerusalem’s Neveh Ya’acov neighborhood.

For Palestinians, terrorism against Israel pays - opinion

In what they describe as social security payments, the PA hands out monthly rewards to Palestinians (and their families) who carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalise ties, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 3, 2020

Smotrich doubles penalties for pay-for-slay, withholds NIS 100m.

“Yesterday I signed an order doubling the amount,” Smotrich said in a notice he sent out to the press on Thursday morning.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families at the Israeli Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Bill revoking 'pay-for-slay' terrorists' citizenship passes first reading

The committee vote on the bill came just a few days after a series of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Israel to halt PA construction, withhold funds in response to UNGA vote

The Prime Minister's Office published information regarding the sanctions against the Palestinian Authority on Friday afternoon.

JANUARY 6, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a security cabinet meeting on January 5, 2023