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| PA has stopped paying over 1,600 prisoners as part of reform — sources |
| 2025-05-12 |
| [IsraelTimes] Two Palestinian sources familiar with issues concerning Palestinian security prisoners tell the Times of Israel that the Palestinian Authority has, as of this month, stopped paying the salaries of 1,612 prisoners held in Israeli prisons. The move comes as the PA is implementing its new welfare system, which will offer stipends to Palestinians strictly based on financial need and will not account for the length of one’s prison sentence, as was the case in the previous scheme. PA President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree in February cancelling legislation that codified the old so-called “pay-to-slay” system, but it has taken time to come into effect, and some prisoners have continued receiving stipends based on the old policy until now. Last month, The Times of Israel revealed that the PA invited the US to certify that the new system is in place starting June 1. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 This is a “sources say” article, with unnamed, anonymous sources, Mr Blankin. I posted so we would have a marker against which to measure future reports on the issue of Palestinian Authority pay to slay. They’ve previously claimed to discontinue the long-standing policy, while actually continuing it under another name. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-05-12 20:31 |
| #1 "Oh my gourd! This is such wondrrful new!! Indeed: It's PEACE IN OUR TIME!!!!" (Btw, Fyi: The Times of Israel is written and run by really stupid people. Sad.) |
| Posted by: Anthony Blankin 2025-05-12 06:21 |