Palestinian Authority Spent $156 Million On ‘pay To Slay’ Payments In 2025
The US State Department has formally notified Congress that it can’t certify the Palestinian Authority’s compliance with the Taylor Force Act, documenting that the PA distributed roughly $156 million in “pay-for-slay” stipends throughout 2025.
The report, which covers exercise by way of February 2026, particulars how the PA continues to prioritize monetary rewards for terrorists and their households regardless of repeated worldwide requires reform.
According to the findings, the PA used $126 million for funds to imprisoned and launched terrorists, whereas one other $30 million was funneled to the households of these killed whereas finishing up assaults.
The State Department famous that whereas the PA launched a brand new social welfare company, the Palestinian National Foundation for Economic Empowerment (PNEEI), the mechanism stays a car for a similar prohibited compensation. US investigators decided that the PA continues to make use of official channels to inform launched prisoners of the executive steps required to gather their month-to-month salaries.
The report highlights particular instances, together with a number of terrorists launched in 2025 change offers who had been owed over $1.5 million in gathered back-pay. Despite claims of a coverage shift, PA Finance Minister Estephan Salameh reaffirmed in February 2026 that the authority had not deserted its dedication to those funds.
Furthermore, the State Department cited ongoing considerations concerning incitement inside Palestinian textbooks and the general public glorification of launched militants by high-ranking officers.
Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar welcomed the report’s findings, praising the United States for its transparency concerning the PA’s monetary actions. Sa’ar emphasised that the $156 million determine proves the “pay-for-slay” system stays a elementary a part of the PA’s operations fairly than a relic of the previous.
He known as on the broader worldwide neighborhood to cease “whitewashing” these actions and to hitch the US in holding the Palestinian management accountable for the continued incentivization of violence.
