So-called “pay to slay” programs that reward terrorists and their families for violence against Israel could face international sanctions through bipartisan legislation U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz filed.
Moskowitz, a Broward Democrat, co-introduced the PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act, which would sanction foreigners and foreign financial institutions that support, facilitate or process the payments.
In 2017, the Palestinian Authority paid $344 million in stipends and other benefits through its Martyrs Fund and Prisoners Fund. That’s “unconscionable,” Moskowitz said.
Congress must be clear, he said, “that these atrocious martyr payments for terrorist acts against Israel will not go unpunished.”
– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics, The South FL 100