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How the Palestinian Authority Pays Terrorists to Murder Jews
The opening of a hall that the Palestinian Authority named for a terrorist who killed 125 people. Photo: Palestinian Media Watch.
Two Israeli soldiers, who were directing humanitarian aid transfers to Gaza, were murdered last week by a Jordanian truck driver delivering humanitarian aid at the Allenby Crossing from Jordan to Israel. The Jordanian shot and then stabbed the Israelis, and was killed right after the attack.
According to the Palestinian Authority (PA), every terrorist, including non-Palestinians, who is killed while attacking Israelis is considered a “Martyr,” whose family will receive an immediate 6,000-shekel grant and then a lifetime monthly terror reward.
Thousands of the recipients of PA terror rewards live outside the PA areas.
At times, the PA waits before announcing that the murderer is a “Martyr” — because it is afraid of what the international response will be on the day of the murder. For example, earlier this month, two Palestinian terrorists murdered six Israeli civilians and injured 12 in Jerusalem.
For the first week, the PA did not define the murderers as “Martyrs.” However, after the attack was no longer an active news story, both terrorist murderers were given the “Martyr” designation by the PA.
Dying for Allah as a “Martyr” does not just have financial benefits. It is also the highest status achievable in Islam, according to the PA. The PA is sending the ultimate terror-supporting message to its Muslim population, which is that the murder of Israeli civilians is not only condoned by Islam but is precisely what Allah wants of them. And Allah will reward them for those murders.
The glorification by the PA through its official daily of those two murderers as “Martyrs” on the way to Allah’s rewards in heaven follows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ fake “condemnation” of the attack.
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) showed that Abbas’ statement was anything but a condemnation. Rather, it was a cover-up of the fact that the PA’s ideology endorses Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians.
PMW has documented for decades that the PA always gives the “Martyr” title to any terrorist who dies while attacking Israelis, which also ensures that his family is rewarded with monthly Martyrs’ payments for life.
Another recent example is the terrorist who shot and murdered a 30-year-old mother, Tzeela Gez, and her unborn baby earlier this year. He was also venerated by the PA as a “Martyr”:
It should be noted that Nael Sami Abdul Rahman Samarah, a 36-year-old young man, died as a Martyr on May 17, 2025 after occupation forces shot him with live bullets in the Al-Balata area of the town of Bruqin. [emphasis added]
[Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 15, 2025]
The Jordanian murderer was not yet defined as a “Martyr” by the PA, but if its past policy is any indicator, he will soon receive his designation and his family will begin receiving their monthly rewards.
The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.