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State Department Confirms Palestinian Authority Is Paying for Terrorists to Murder Israelis
(Algemeiner) Andrew Bernard - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on Wednesday confirmed that the Palestinian Authority continues to make "pay-to-slay" payments to terrorists and the families of terrorists who have killed Americans and Israelis. Leaf told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "We are working to bring pay-to-slay to an end," but that the administration had "not yet" succeeded. The program is estimated to cost $300 million annually, or nearly 10% of the entire PA budget, according to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. The payments are higher than the average Palestinian wage, further incentivizing terrorist attacks.