Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that Israel's decision to withhold $43 million of the tax revenues it transfers to the PA, commensurate with the amount the PA pays to convicted terrorists, would lead to "an explosion."
The PA pays some $11 million a month to terrorists in Israeli prisons and to their families, as part of a policy that has become known in Israel as "pay for slay."
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According to a Channel 13 News report, PA Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh told Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during a meeting on Tuesday that the Israeli decision "has stirred emotions," and that the PA in Judea and Samaria "is on the brink of an explosion."
Kahlon reported the development to Netanyahu and the security cabinet on Wednesday, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday evening ordered the seizure of funds from 32 families of terrorists with Jewish blood on their hands, who possess Israeli citizenship.
"The murder of Jews will stop being profitable," Bennett said in a statement.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
