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Chamber and committees

Palestinian Authority Terrorist Salaries

  • Submitted by: Jackson Carlaw, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S5M-07469

That the Parliament condemns the ongoing payments by the Palestinian Authority to terror prisoners in Israeli prisons and to the so-called families of martyrs; understands that these monthly salaries are paid to around 5,500 convicted terrorists, ranging from £230 to as much as £2,000 for those serving 30-year sentences; believes that prisoner salaries directly reward terrorists who have killed Israelis, with higher salaries given to those who have killed more Israelis; understands that in 2016 the Palestinian Authority paid £254 million for this practice, worth 7% of its budget and 20% of its foreign aid receipts; further understands that analysis of the authority's Finance Ministry budget for 2017 shows that expenditure on such payments will rise 13%; believes that in April 2017 the authority announced that it was cutting salaries to state employees in Gaza, while at the same time allowing the salaries it pays to terror prisoners to continue, and calls on the UK and Scottish governments, working alongside the international community, to ensure that taxpayers' money is not used to comfort those who have brought death and despair to all creeds of Scottish Israelis and Israelis more generally.


Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Miles Briggs, Peter Chapman, Murdo Fraser, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Tom Mason, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart