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State Department: Palestinian Authority Continues Paying Palestinian Terrorists
(U.S. State Department) A new State Department "Report to Congress on Palestinian Payments for Acts of Terrorism and Limitation on Assistance to the West Bank and Gaza" has found that despite changing the mechanisms, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continued payments and benefits to Palestinian terrorists and their families. During 2025, the PA provided $156 million in payments and benefits to Palestinian terrorists and their families. Of this total, the PA provided $126 million to Palestinian terrorists and released Palestinian terrorists from Israeli jails and $30 million to the families of Palestinian terrorists who died committing acts of terrorism. A shift to a system that fails to end specific payments and benefits for Palestinian terrorists and their families is not compliant with the provisions of the Taylor Force Act. The PA continues to provide a system of compensation in support of terrorism through new mechanisms and under a different name. PA Finance Minister Estephan Salameh reaffirmed in February 2026 the PA's commitment to continue paying terrorists. PA officials continue to fail to publicly condemn acts of violence against U.S. and Israeli citizens in violation of the Taylor Force Act. The NGO IMPACT-se, which analyzes schoolbooks, released a new report in November 2025 which found that PA school textbooks for grades 1-12 continue to glorify jihad and incitement to violence.