PA Arabs rally on Palestinian (Terrorist) Prisoners Day in Nablus, April 17, 2019.
Banks operating in the Palestinian Authority (PA) have closed 35,000 bank accounts of imprisoned terrorists, released terrorists, and families of dead terrorists, a result of action taken by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).
PMW had notified the banks that if they continued to operate these accounts and process payments from the PA to terrorists, it would be a violation of Israeli law, exposing them to civil and criminal liability.
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In response to PMWâs warning, the banks closed the accounts of the terrorists.
However, the PA did not heed PMWâs warning, and in April, for the first time since the Israeli law came into effect, the PA paid the illegal salaries to imprisoned and released terrorists, and allowances of the families of the dead terrorists through the PAâs postal service.