Pay for slay

Strock emphasized that the cabinet must set a clear directive to guide all state authorities in light of the common mistake that there is a need to "strengthen" the PA.

Scrapping the system of salary-type payments has been a major demand of successive US administrations. Abbas had long resisted pressure to halt the program.

The PA is reportedly worried that upcoming US fines of about $200-300 million will lead to a financial crisis.

"I know that intensive discussions are taking place, and there may be a significant shift in this policy," the PA's legal representative said during a compensation lawsuit filed against it.

Israel needs to declare that until the PA takes concrete steps to dismantle its system of rewarding terrorism, any talk of its role in future governance arrangements are a non-starter.

The study named economic pressure and material and bureaucratic hurdles in Gaza among reasons for decrease in pay-for-slay funding.

For thirty years, since Yasser Arafat took power in 1994, the PA has been supporting terror against innocent Jews around the world. 

If deemed constitutional, the case would return to the Southern District, continuing without the major roadblocks faced thus far.

If deemed constitutional, the case would return to the Southern District, continuing without the major roadblocks faced thus far.

Amounts received in such lawsuits will not be deducted from the amount paid to victims of terrorism on behalf of the state.

The basic, underlying assumptions and security paradigms upon which Israeli policy has been built for decades came crashing down on October 7.