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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/PA-pensions-for-terrorists-must-be-stopped-481437

Stop PA Pensions for Terrorists

(Jerusalem Post) Sander Gerber - The family of Bashar Masalha - the Palestinian who murdered Taylor Force, 28, a West Point graduate and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, on March 8, 2016, in Jaffa - will receive a pension for life amounting to three times the average yearly salary in the West Bank. Under the PA's Palestinian Prisoners Law, payments are enhanced for a terrorist who commits a violent act and is jailed. The longer the sentence (the greater the violence), the higher the salary a terrorist receives. The PA allocates $315 million, nearly 8% of its budget, to pay terrorists in prison and the families of martyrs. Over 36,000 people receive monthly payments from the PA as rewards for attacking Israel. Peace will never be achieved if the Palestinian leadership continues to incentivize terrorism against Israel. The writer is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and former Vice Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.

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