(Wall Street Journal) David Feith - For two decades the Palestinian government has used U.S. and other foreign taxpayers' money to pay generous rewards to the families of terrorists. The deadlier the crime, the larger the prize, up to about $3,100 a month, or several times the average salary of a Palestinian worker. In 2014 Israel estimated the terror payments at $75 million, or a sum equal to 16% of all aid sent to Palestine from overseas. This year the figure is nearly $140 million, says Yigal Carmon of the Middle East Media Research Institute. This is a political scandal far greater than any single charity funneling funds to Hamas.
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