Payment for acts of terror

Payment for acts of terror                                     By Lea Spyer, The Algemeiner

The head of a Jerusalem and Washington, DC-based research organization revealed specifics on Tuesday of the “significant sums” allocated by the Palestinian Authority to incarcerated and dead terrorists and their families.

Yigal Carmon, president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), revealed the shocking details during testimony he submitted to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. In his statement, Carmon demonstrated the ways in which the Palestinian Authority (PA) supports those deemed to be “martyrs.”

He also said that $137.8 million of the PA’s 2016 budget will be used for “underwriting the expenses of the prisoners and their families.” Some $173 million has been set aside to provide what the PA says is “a dignified life to the families of all those martyred and wounded as a result of being participants or bystanders in the revolution.” According to Carmon, payments for imprisoned terrorists, and the families of suicide bombers are anchored in a set of laws in the Palestinian legal system.

As such, the PA government currently doles out monthly allowances based on an imprisoned terrorist’s length of sentence. “These payments range from $364 a month for up to three years imprisonment to $3,120 for 30 years and more,” Carmon said. “There is a $78 supplement for terrorists from Jerusalem and a $130 supplement for Arab Israeli terrorists.

The PA also provides prisoners with a monthly allowance for canteen expenses, totalling $780,000 per month.”

This is where all the American and European donor money goes. Very little trickles down to the average poor Palestinian but their so-called leaders enrich themselves. The leader of Hamas’ personal wealth is estimated in the billions of dollars. After Arafat’s death, his wife refused to return the money he stole and she continues to live in 5 star hotels, thanks to American and European largesse.