Taylor Force

23 years later: Surviving and not forgetting - opinion

Otherwise known as “pay-for-slay,” the funds reward terrorists and their families with monthly stipends for murdering Israelis and Americans.

Times Square billboard bringing awareness to the Palestinian Authority's 'Pay for Slay' policy
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas pose at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit last week. The absence of a firm message does not bode well for either Gaza’s rehabilitation or Saudi normalization, the writer argues.

US victims of Palestinian terror sue PLO over 'pay-for-slay' scheme

 Jenin residents protest against arrests made by PA security forces, July 17.

American money ear-marked for PA security used to pay families of terrorists from Jenin - report

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

US seeks to financially assist the PA so it can control Gaza after war - WSJ


Biden needs to uphold US law on pay-for-slay

The Biden administration claims it can restore funding to the PA without violating the Taylor Force Act.

WORKERS CLOSE the aid distribution centers of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Rafah in February, protesting against the reduction in food aid.

5 things to know about US funding to Palestinians and terror payments

State Department spokesman Ned Price assured that the funding was “absolutely consistent with relevant US law.”

A Palestinian health worker leaves a health center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), at al-Fari'ah refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 8, 2021.

Letters to the Editor April 5, 2021: (Taylor) Forcing the issue

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say

Letters

From security grants to Iran: What's on RJC, JDCA legislative agenda?

"Regarding foreign policy, Jewish Dems know that "America first" under Donald Trump meant "America alone," said JDCA CEO Halie Soifer.

A supporter cheers as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., April 6, 2019

Biden: Israeli threats of annexation choke off hope of peace

Biden vowed that if elected, he would support the Taylor Force Act while restoring funding to security cooperation with Israel.

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. October 26, 2019

White House sends warning shot to Palestinians over ‘pay for slay’

“This is unconscionable and must stop if there is to be any hope for peace.”

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Ari Fuld, 45, at the Kfar Etzion cemetery in the West Bank September 17, 2018.

Abbas: We won't stop payments to 'martyrs' and prisoners

"If we are left with one penny, we will spend it on the families of the prisoners and martyrs."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves in Ramallah, in the West Bank May 1, 2018

Editorial: No paying for slaying

If Israel wants the US and other countries to recognize its sovereignty over the Golan, it needs to take its sovereignty seriously.

Israeli security at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on Israelis at the Har Adar settlement, outside of Jerusalem, Sept. 26, 2017.

Ending ‘Pay to Slay’ payments for the sake of peace

"The Palestinian Authority is sending a very clear message that violence and bloodshed will pay and enrich, while peace and reconciliation will not."

Hail Stawi, killed in a terrorist attack on the Temple Mount, is buried in the village of Maghar, July 14, 2017.

Why Israel’s version of ‘pay-for-slay’ law is weak

Had Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett not stood up to Netanyahu, the bill would not be coming to a final vote in the Knesset on Monday evening.

Israeli security at the scene where a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on Israelis at the Har Adar settlement, outside of Jerusalem, Sept. 26, 2017.