By Ryan Jones
Dec 05, 2005
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has approved financial aid to the families of all ?Palestinians? killed in conflict with Israel, the majority of whom died while engaging in acts of violence against men, women, children and soldiers.
The order was signed on the very day a Palestinian Arab blew himself up at a shopping mall in central Israel, slaughtering five people and wounding more than 50. The bomber's family, along with those of every other deceased killer, will now receive at least $250 a month in direct government aid, according to the new law.
That amount of money is more than most lower class ?Palestinians? can hope to make working menial jobs. This fact, coupled with a culture that glorifies deceased terrorists as national heroes, has the potential to increase the number of young Palestinian Arabs willing to give their lives to kill Jews.
As reported by Israel's News First Class earlier this year, the PA is also shelling out for the legal defense of ?Palestinian? terrorists sitting in Israeli prisons.
Together with the new ?Martyrs' Families? law, the PA is now spending $100 million per year, a full one-tenth of its overall $1 billion budget, supporting those who engage in terrorist violence against the Jews of Israel.