Long trumpeted as a “moderate” force and a necessity to bring peace to the Palestinian conflict with Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has paid over $140 million to the 734 terrorists that have been or will be released under the hostage negotiations between Hamas and Israel. Over 50 percent of those terrorists have been paid over $200,000 each, and these amounts do not include additional amounts that the PA paid to the terrorists’ families. Some examples include:

• Muhammad Tus was jailed in Israel in 1985 and was serving a life sentence. In 1984-1985, he was part of a Fatah terrorist cell from south Hebron that orchestrated five bus attacks that killed five people, and also “directed” the murder of three others and “helped” murder two more. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $631,176.
• Muhammad Falana was serving a life sentence for orchestrating a bombing that killed one and injured six in 1996. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $504,336.
• Wael Qassem was serving 35 life sentences for orchestrating two homicide bombing attacks that murdered 35 people total in 2002. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $354,144.
• Fahmi Mashahreh was serving 20 life sentences for assisting a homicide bomber who murdered 19 and wounded 74 in a 2002 Jerusalem bus terror attack. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $354,144.
• Salim Hijja was serving 16 life sentences for his role in a 2001 homicide bombing of a bus in Haifa that killed 15 and injured 40. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $337,344.
• Ahmed Barghouti, the commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Ramallah, was serving 13 life sentences for orchestrating terrorist attacks that killed at least 12 people. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $337,344.
• Majdi Za’atri, a Hamas terrorist, was serving 23 life sentences for driving a homicide bomber to a Jerusalem bus stop which killed 23, including babies and children, in 2003. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $335,216.
• Mansour Shreim was serving 14 life sentences. He was involved in the murder of an Israeli soldier in 2001 and orchestrated multiple terror attacks, including one that killed 6 and injured 30 in 2002, and another that killed three teenagers in that same year. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $328,608.
• Muhammad Naifeh ‘Abu Rabia’ of the Tanzim terrorist group was serving 13 life sentences for the murder of 5 Israelis in one attack in 2002, another three in another attack that same year, and 5 others in 2001. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $328,608.
• Sami Jaradat, who was the commander of Islamic Jihad in Jenin, was serving 21 life sentences for orchestrating several terror attacks. One of these attacks was a homicide bombing in a Haifa restaurant in 2003 that killed 21 and injured over 50. Total salary received from the Palestinian Authority since his arrest: $309,652.

While continuing to be praised as a moderate force, the Palestinian Authority’s golden parachutes plainly show that it is bankrolling terrorism against Israel. Due to its material support of terrorism, the Trump administration should not support the PA having any role in the reconstruction of Gaza, nor be given any additional power in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the “West Bank.”

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