Terrorist Murderers Paid Millions

Stand for Israel | July 31, 2019

Bombing At Hebrew University Cafeteria — JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 31: A municipal worker removes blood-stained chairs and tables from the scene of an explosion in a cafeteria July 31, 2002 at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israeli authorities say that a planted bomb exploded in the crowded cafeteria, killing at least six people and wounding 80 others. The military wing of Hamas, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, claimed that the blast is in retaliation for the killing of its leader Salah Shehada in an Israeli air strike last week. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Seventeen years ago, on July 31, 2002, Palestinian terrorists bombed a cafeteria at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Nine innocent people — including five American students — paid with their lives, and 100 more were wounded. But in the years since, Arutz Sheva reports, the Palestinian Authority has shown it believes terror does pay, as it has given millions of dollars to the murderers behind the attack:

17 years ago today a bomb was detonated in the Hebrew University cafeteria in Jerusalem murdering 9 people, including five American citizens, and injuring over 80 others. This attack was one of many terror attacks carried out by the same terrorist cell.
Six Palestinian Arabs were convicted of the crime and sentenced to multiple life sentences. Since their arrests, the Palestinian Authority has rewarded the imprisoned terrorists, paying them no less than 4,371,100 shekels ($1,257,259).
Among the convicted terrorists for this and other attacks were Adballah Barghouti – serving 67 life sentences, one for each of the victims he murdered – and Ibrahim Hamed – serving 54 life sentences, one for each of the victims he murdered. Through June 2019, the PA cumulatively paid them 1,271,000 shekels ($339,862) and continues to pay them thousands of shekels per month.
The other four terrorists – Wael Qassem, Wassim Abbasi, Alla Aldin Abbasi and Muhammed Odeh – were residents of Jerusalem, entitling them to a salary supplement of 300 shekels/month. Each of them has been paid over 770,000 shekels ($220,733) since their arrest in August 2002. Each of them is currently receiving 7,300 shekels ($1,951) per month.
Despite its (self-inflicted) financial crisis, since the beginning of 2019 alone, the PA has cumulatively paid the terrorists almost 300,000 shekels ($86,000)…