Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused the Palestinian Authority on Monday of maintaining its “pay-for-slay” program despite repeated promises to end it, saying even prisoners freed under the Gaza ceasefire deal continue to receive financial rewards.
Speaking in Budapest with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, Sa’ar said, “Contrary to the PA’s promises in English, they are continuing their pay-for-slay policy.”
He asserted that the authority merely “changed the method,” not the substance, of the payments.
“The terrorists are collecting their payments from the Palestinian post office,” he said, adding that “the PA is now making additional payments to evil terrorists released as part of the [ceasefire] deal.”