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Palestinian banks moved to protect themselves ahead of a new Israeli anti-terrorism law that comes into effect May 9 and would leave them liable to be sued if they continued to accept tens of millions of dollars monthly in pay-for-slay money from the PA.

By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel

One of the architects of a new Israeli law to stop the Palestinians from paying salaries and stipends to convicted terrorists and their families said Friday he was “loving it” that Palestinian banks are blocking access to terrorists’ bank accounts.

“Palestine Media Watch is glad to see that the banks heeded our warning and are taking the steps necessary to avoid both criminal and civil liability,” Maurice Hirsch told United With Israel.

Hirsch is director of Legal Strategies at the media watchdog organization and heads PMW’s legal campaign to stop the “pay-for-slay” phenomenon. The Palestinian Authority (PA) pays $150 million annually to the families of Palestinians who were killed in attacks against Israelis, including mass murders like car bombings and suicide bombings, and to terrorists in jail convicted of attacking or killing Israelis.

“The fact that the Palestinian Authority has paid billions of shekels of rewards to terrorists is despicable,” Hirsch said.

Last month, his organization sent a letter warning the banks to drop the accounts of convicted terrorists who get paid by the PA. Banks that continued to maintain the accounts of terrorists would expose their management and employees to liability as “partners in crime.”

“As Palestinian Media Watch warned the banks that operate in the PA controlled areas, the new anti-terrorism law criminalizes every aspect of that practice, including the provision of banking services to the terrorists,” Hirsch explained.

Last week, Hirsch said that after more than a $1 billion payout over the years for Pay-for-Slay, the goal of the new law is to “close the noose around this disgraceful policy.”

“The time has come for Israel to more actively and aggressively contend with the PA policy,” he said.

巴勒斯坦银行注意以色列非政府组织的警告，阻止进入恐怖分子账户

在5月9日生效的新的以色列反恐法实施之前，巴勒斯坦银行采取了保护自己的行动，如果它们继续接受巴勒斯坦权力机构每月数千万美元的杀戮款，将使它们有可能被起诉。

作者：亚基尔·本齐翁，与以色列联合

以色列一项阻止巴勒斯坦人向已定罪的恐怖分子及其家属支付工资和津贴的新法律的制定者之一星期五说，他“很喜欢”巴勒斯坦银行阻止恐怖分子进入银行账户。

“巴勒斯坦媒体观察组织很高兴看到，这些银行注意到了我们的警告，并正在采取必要措施，以避免刑事和民事责任，”莫里斯赫希告诉联合以色列。

赫希是媒体监督组织法律策略主管，并领导PMW的法律运动，以阻止“为被杀付出代价”的现象。巴勒斯坦权力机构（巴勒斯坦权力机构）每年向在袭击以色列人（包括汽车爆炸和自杀性爆炸等大规模谋杀）中丧生的巴勒斯坦人家庭和因袭击或杀害以色列人而被判入狱的恐怖分子支付1.5亿美元。

赫希说：“巴勒斯坦权力机构向恐怖分子支付了数十亿谢克尔的报酬，这是可鄙的。”。

上个月，他的组织发信警告银行撤销被判有罪的恐怖分子的账户，这些恐怖分子的账户由巴勒斯坦权力机构支付。继续保留恐怖分子账户的银行将使其管理层和雇员承担“犯罪伙伴”的责任

赫希解释说：“正如巴勒斯坦媒体观察警告在巴勒斯坦权力机构控制区经营的银行一样，新的反恐法将这种做法的方方面面都定为犯罪，包括向恐怖分子提供银行服务。”。

上周，美国好施集团（Hirsch）表示，在过去几年支付了超过10亿美元的杀戮赔偿金后，新法律的目标是“关闭围绕这一可耻政策的套索”

他说：“现在是以色列更加积极和积极地应对巴勒斯坦权力机构政策的时候了。”。