(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Last Wednesday's Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the PA's newspaper, announced 23,210 additional "martyrs," using the Hamas-supplied Gaza casualty figure that includes every dead Hamas terrorist. The PA pays a one-time lump sum plus a monthly stipend for life to the families of any "martyr" killed in a confrontation with Israel. The PA also recognized 3,550 new prisoners held by Israel since Oct. 7. Most were arrested in the West Bank, though 661 are Hamas terrorists from Gaza. They, too, will receive PA salaries. All are to be compensated by the PA, whose activities are subsidized with Western aid. Why does President Biden insist Israel hand over postwar Gaza to this group? Secretary of State Blinken also talks prematurely of giving it a state. No wonder the PA sees little reason to change.
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