Israeli Official: Countries Should Follow U.S., Pass Laws Banning Palestinian Terror Payments

The Jerusalem Post reports: All countries should pass a law like the US’s Taylor Force Act, which bars the Palestinian Authority from making so-called “martyrs payments” to the families of terrorists, Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan told a Jerusalem anti-BDS conference of international lawyers on Monday.

Erdan told the conference that the PA’s hand in making payments to terrorists and the families of terrorists creates an atmosphere of incitement and cultivates “a culture of hate.” Pivoting toward fighting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign, Erdan said that BDS supporters restrict the IDF from protecting civilians from attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas.

“Courts of law are used to try to prevent the IDF from fighting terrorists who show disregard of any law… attacking Israeli children, while hiding behind Palestinian and Lebanese children,” he said.

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