FACT CHECK · WEST BANK
Claim: The PA's 'pay for slay' payments aren't real
FALSETHE ANSWER
Real: for years the PA paid prisoners and families of 'martyrs'; the US passed the Taylor Force Act (2018) over it. Feb 2025: Abbas moved payments to a welfare agency; US and Israel say they go on.
SOURCE
US Taylor Force Act 2018; Times of Israel / Axios on Abbas decree, 10 Feb 2025
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Pay for slay”
- “Pay-for-slay”
- “Martyr payments”
- “Prisoner payments”
- “Taylor force”
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