Very surprising.
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Incentivizing Terrorism:
Palestinian Authority Allocations to Terrorists and their Families
http://jcpa.org/paying-salaries-terrorists-contradicts-palestinian-vows-peaceful-intentions/
..."The payments of salaries by the PA and the PLO to terrorists and to the families of dead terrorists reflect the core identity of the general Palestinian public as they see it. According to Palestinian leaders, achieving their national goal of establishing their state over all of Palestine commits them to struggling against Zionism in a wide variety of ways, including terrorism. Therefore, terrorists, even more than those who struggle through other means, are heroes fighting for the national and religious cause, and this is why they should be glorified and rewarded without any hesitation."...
REPORTS THAT TRUMP CONSIDERING PULLING OUT OF PEACE EFFORTS 'NONSENSE,' US OFFICIAL SAYS
YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA,JPOST.COM STAFF
..."(Kushner) will submit his report to the president and, after it is submitted, Trump will decide if there's a chance for negotiations or it might be preferable to pull out of peace efforts," the official said.* **
Abbas claimed that Israel is using the issue of payments to terrorists and their families as a pretext to avoid entering peace-talks, saying that the payments are a part of the Palestinian government's "social responsibility."...
What is suprising about the PA refusing to stop incentivising terrorism, reacting as if the US is taking sides.
Also, what is suprising about any politician jumping the gun and announcing they had achieved the goal of getting the PA to stop paying families of terrorists. Same ol same for my 66 years.