“Mr. President, I affirm to you that we are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace. And we are endeavoring to bring about security, freedom and peace for our children to live like the other children in the world, along with the Israeli children in peace, freedom and security.” — Mahmoud Abbas to Donald Trump, May 3, 2017
“Is PA planning to deceive the US and donor countries – AGAIN?,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, June 20, 2017:
The Palestinian Authority is planning once again to hide its approximately $300 million a year in payments to terrorist prisoners and the families of so-called “Martyrs,” by continuing to reward terror but in a different framework, according to some Palestinian sources.
The first time the PA did this was in 2014 when the PA closed the PA Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs, which had paid the terrorist salaries, yet continued the payments through the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs. After Palestinian Media Watch exposed the PA’s deception in The PA’s Billion Dollar Fraud, by documenting the money transfers from the PA to the PLO, the PA law mandating salaries to terrorists has been repeatedly condemned by the US and countries in Europe.Now, with increasing pressure by the US and other donor countries for the PA to stop rewarding terror, the PA is looking for a new way to both accept the international demands and yet at the same time continue paying terrorists, according to some Palestinian sources.Hassan Asfour, a former PA minister and current associate of Muhammad Dahlan, political adversary of Mahmoud Abbas, explained it as follows:“Abbas, despite his initial objection [to the US demand to stop prisoner salary payments], has begun to examine practical options to comply with the American demand in a way that will not lead to an explosion that might lead to his downfall and the downfall of their [Abbas’ and US’] joint plan. Among these options that are being examined with special secrecy, is the option of transferring the prisoners’ and Martyrs’ salaries to a ‘social insurance’ body so that it will look as if it is ‘humanitarian and social aid to needy families’ and not ‘monthly salaries to fighter families.'”[Fatah Voice, independent Palestinian news website, June 3, 2017]Hamas’ website Al-Risalah Net quoted “reliable” sources that the PA is planning to move the salary payments for terrorists into the Ministry of Interior. The PLO Commissioner of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Karake, “denied knowing” of such a plan:“Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake denied knowing about the intention of [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas to abolish the commission and merge it with one of the main branches or offices of the Ministry of Interior.”[Ma’an, independent Palestinian news agency, June 18, 2017]…
whirlwinder says
Nobody can lie like an Arab.
balam says
Muslims like the SNAKE are blessed with the FORK TONGUE.
Lia Wissing says
Hope Messrs Trump & Tillerson see this.
Richard Koethe says
How do you know when a jihadi is lying? When his mouth moves.
Dan says
I think a better update is “They’re alive.”
Voytek Gagalka says
Islamic taqiyya at work: they will do everything under the sky to deceive uninformed kuffar (who, in addition, are more than WILLING to be deceived). If Pres. Trump would be a reader of this very website, he would not fall a victim to this network of lies, coming from Abu Mazen or any other Mohammedan.
PRCS says
Given that the current administration still thinks the problem is:
“Radical” Islam
“Radical” Islamic terrorism”.
“A twisted version of Islam”.
“A perversion of the faith”.
Etc.
It doesn’t appear he is a JW reader.
balam says
t is claimed by leftists and Muslims that TERRORSM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM.JUST AS PORK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PIG!!!
mortimer says
STOP FUNDING TERRORISM and STOP THOSE WHO FUND TERRORISM.
The terrorism would stop as soon as the money dried up.
The West and Muslim countries are both FUNDING TERRORISM. This is madness. Then they have to spend more money to fight the terrorists.
ENOUGH ALREADY. CUT OFF THE FUNDING!
Steve Klein says
The “Palestinians” do not need to deceive this president. He is all in for the “Palestinian” cause.
ibrahim itace muhammed says
Palestinian jihad is valid as resistance against oppression by evil zionist state of Israhell.As such any palestinian killed in the struggle will go to aljannah directly, unlike isis fighters who will go to burning hellfire the moment they die because they violate sharia by attacking soft targets.
Richard Koethe says
The differentiation between “soft” and “hard” targets by Mr. Muhammed is frankly atrocious. Violence perpetrated against civilians in particular but anyone in general by muslims simply illustrates the complete lack of morals by islamists. It is past time for ALL people to denounce violence of this type – including muslims. It is past time for ALL countries to stop giving, donating or providing ANY funds to the PA as long as they use that money to pay the families of terrorists.