When the leadership of the Palestinian Authority declares that their
number one priority is to maintain its “Pay-for-Slay” terror reward payments to imprisoned terrorists, released terrorists, and the families of dead terrorists, they are not just paying lip service. Analysis of the PA’s expenditure in 2021 shows that, per capita, the amount the PA spends on rewarding terror is astronomical!
A combination of financial reports published by the PA with population statistics provided by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics demonstrates the following outrageous reality:
- The PA spends 33.34 times more per capita paying terror rewards than it spends on health services for the Palestinian population.
- The PA spends 10.86 times more per capita paying terror rewards than it spends on education of Palestinian children under the age of 18.
- The PA spends 1.87 times more per capita paying terror rewards than it spends on benefits for the needy Palestinian population.
As exposed by
Palestinian Media Watch, in 2021 the PA spent no less than 841 million shekels ($270.75 million)
paying rewards to terrorists. 600 million shekels ($193.16) were paid to terrorist prisoners and released terrorists and another 241 million shekels ($77.59 million), at least, were paid to wounded terrorists and the families of dead terrorists.
This huge sum was paid to a maximum of 5,000 prisoners, a maximum of 12,000 released prisoners and a maximum of 40,000 families of dead terrorists. In other words, the PA spent an average of 14,771 shekels rewarding each terrorist. The above numbers of prisoners, released prisoners, and families of dead terrorists, are based on PA publications since 2018.
In comparison, according to the financial reports the PA
used to publish, in 2021 the total expenditure of the PA Ministry of Health was 2,316,089,000 shekels. Since the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics claims that in 2021 there were 5,227,193 Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank, (i.e. Judea and Samaria) this means that the PA’s per capita expenditure on the health of the Palestinians was a mere 443 shekels, over 33 times less than its expenditure on terror reward payments.
Similarly, according to the financial reports the PA used to publish, in 2021 the total expenditure of the PA Ministry of Education was 3,140,744,000 shekels. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics claims that in 2021, 44.2% of the 5,227,193 Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank, (i.e. Judea and Samaria) were under the age of 18 - i.e. 2,310,419 children. This means that the PA’s per capita expenditure on the education of Palestinian children was 1,359 shekels - over 10 times less than its expenditure on terror reward payments.
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Analysis of the PA’s expenditure in 2021 shows that, per capita, the amount the PA spends on rewarding terror is astronomical!
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