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Source: http://jcpa.org/the-2018-report-on-palestinian-authority-payments-of-salaries-to-terrorists-in-2018/
Continued PA Payments to Terrorists in 2018 Underscore Need to Implement New Israeli Law
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser - The Palestinian Authority budget for 2018 includes $155 million for payments to prisoners and $185 million for the families of "martyrs" and wounded. Dedicating around $340 million to arrested Palestinian terrorists and "martyrs" forms 7% of the overall PA budget. The U.S. Taylor Force Act, passed in March 2018, has already led to the cessation of American aid to the Palestinian Authority, except for support to the Palestinian security forces. A similar Israeli law to withhold funds from the PA due to support for terrorists and their families is to be implemented in January 2019. The writer, former head of the IDF Military Intelligence Research Division, is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center.