PA Raises Salaries for Terrorists Who Killed Nine Jews

The Palestinian Authority increased its monthly payments to the terrorists responsible for the deadly attack at Hebrew University in 2002, Palestinian Media Watch reported.

The 14.29% raise in the salaries of four terrorists coincided with the 20th anniversary of the bombing, which took place on Sunday.

Over the past 20 years, the PA paid Wael Qassem, Wassim Abbasi, Alla Aldin Abbasi and Muhammed Odeh over NIS 8 million (over $2.5 million). Their monthly payments are set to increase from NIS 7,000 ($2,251) per month to NIS 8,000 ($2,572); they also receive a supplement of NIS 300 shekels ($96) each month because they were residents of Yerushalayim.

Four other terrorists convicted for taking part in the attack receive a salary from the PA as well.

The Palestinians in question bombed the Frank Sinatra cafeteria on the Hebrew University campus in Yerushalayim on July 31, 2002, murdering Janis Routh Coulter, 36, Dina Carter, 38, David Gritz, 24, Daphna Spruch, 61, Levina Shapira, 53, Benjamin Blustein, 25, David Ladowski, 29, Revital Barashi, 30, and Marla Bennet, 24, Hy”d,. They also injured 80 others.

Palestinian Media Watch provided official PA documents showing the terrorists’ salaries and how they increased over time.

The Security Cabinet voted on Sunday to deduct NIS 600 million from the taxes and tariffs Israel collects for the PA, as it is legally required to do as long as the PA pays terrorists who attacked Israelis.