(JNS) Sander Gerber - As the accusation against Israel of genocide persists, the White House willfully ignores the Palestinian Authority's incentive program for killing Israelis: the infamous "pay-for-slay." Enshrined in Palestinian law, the program authorizes the eradication of Israel and the Jewish people. How is this not genocide? It is time for the White House to demand as a condition for peace that the PA finally end the "pay-for-slay" program. The PA's ruling Fatah Party's charter explicitly calls for the "eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence." This is clearly genocide. The PA pays the families of "martyrs" a lifetime salary and monthly salaries to terrorist prisoners. The payments are larger the more people the terrorist kills and the length of his prison sentence. Prisoners are offered government jobs upon release. All of this costs more than $350 million per year. Yet the Biden administration has decided that the PA should govern Gaza when the current war ends. The PA is party to Hamas' genocidal agenda. By endorsing the PA without considering other options for a post-war Gaza government and without publicly condemning "pay-for-slay," U.S. officials are handing power to the wrong people. They are supporting ideologies and actions hostile to peace and condoning crimes against humanity. The writer is a fellow and steering committee member of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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