U.S. Finds Palestinian Authority Paid Over $200 Million To Terrorists Despite Ending ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Claim

U.S. Finds Palestinian Authority Paid Over $200 Million To Terrorists Despite Ending ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Claim

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News) – The U.S. State Department has determined that the Palestinian Authority paid more than $200 million to terrorists and their families in 2025, despite claims by PA President Mahmoud Abbas that the controversial “pay-to-slay” program had been ended. According to a nonpublic notice provided to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, the PA shifted…

Pay-to-Slay Scheme Persists Despite PA Claims

The ‘pay-to-slay’ program remains alive inside the Palestinian Authority, despite public claims to the contrary, according to a newly disclosed State Department determination obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The finding undercuts PA president Mahmoud Abbas’s assertion that he ended the terror stipend system in 2025 and raises fresh concerns as the Trump administration advances its Gaza peace plan. According to the State Department notice,…

PA promised terrorists more than $200 million in ‘pay-to-slay’ payments after it 'scrapped' program

While the new system implemented by a government agency Abbas controls was portrayed as a major welfare reform project, the State Department determined that it essentially functions in the same manner. By Adam Kredo, The Washington Free Beacon The State Department formally determined this month that the Palestinian Authority paid more than $200 million to terrorists and their families in 2025, the same year PA president Mahmoud Abbas claimed he …

Palestinian Authority paid over $200M to terrorists in 2025 despite ending program: report

PA President Mahmoud Abbas ordered an end to the pay-to-slay program last year

Palestinian Authority Promised Terrorists More Than $200 Million in ‘Pay-To-Slay’ Payments After it 'Scrapped' Program, State Department Tells Congress

The State Department formally determined this month that the Palestinian Authority paid more than $200 million to terrorists and their families in 2025, the same year PA president Mahmoud Abbas claimed he ended the "pay-to-slay" program, according to a nonpublic notice provided to Congress and obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.The post Palestinian Authority Promised Terrorists More Than $200 Million in ‘Pay-To-Slay’ Payments Aft…