The State Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on Palestinian leadership officials in the West Bank for “continuing to support terrorism, including incitement and glorification of violence.”
The department said the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), which govern the West Bank, have failed to comply with the 1989 PLO Commitments Compliance Act and the 2002 Middle East Peace Commitments Act.
The violations include “taking actions to internationalize its conflict with Israel such as through the International Criminal Court (ICC),” the “incitement and glorification of violence (especially in textbooks),” and “providing payments and benefits in support of terrorism to Palestinian terrorists and their families,” according to a statement from the State Department.
The PA has long had a policy of offering financial support to terrorists who kill Israelis, known as “pay for slay.” While PA president Mahmoud Abbas announced the end of the policy earlier this year, he also said that “even if we have [only] one penny left, it is for the prisoners and Martyrs.” There is no evidence, according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ Elliott Abrams, that the PA ever stopped providing financial support to terrorists.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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