U.S. Insisting Palestinians End Payments to Families of "Martyrs" Who Attacked Israelis

(AP-New York Daily News) A senior Palestinian official said that a meeting with U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt on Tuesday had not gone well and became tense over payments to the Martyrs' Fund for families of Palestinian militants who were either imprisoned or killed while committing attacks on Israelis. The official said the Americans "are buying" Netanyahu's complaints about Palestinian incitement, and that Greenblatt was insisting on an end to the payments.


2017-06-22 00:00:00

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