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Joshua Marks

US Lawmakers Urge State Department To Update Congress On Palestinian Authority’s ‘Pay For Slay’ Program

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks during a high-level event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at the United Nations headquarters in New York on May 15, 2023. (ED JONES/GETTY IMAGES)

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are calling on the State Department to update Congress on negotiations to end the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying terrorists.

In a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the 50 members of Congress noted with concern the uptick of violence in the West Bank in recent months and the P.A.’s refusal to condemn the killings of Israelis while at the same time continuing its “pay for slay” program.

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