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PA Uses Dedicated ATMs to Fund Terrorists, Study Claims
A study by attorney Maurice Hirsch claims the Palestinian Authority uses a dedicated ATM network and money changers to fund terrorists and their families, bypassing Israeli enforcement.
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What happened
- 01Palestinian Authority uses dedicated ATMs and money changers to fund terrorists and their families, according to a new study.
- 02Attorney Maurice Hirsch claims Israeli enforcement against these payments is inadequate and proposes seizure of funds and assets.
- 03The PA has invested millions in a separate ATM network linked to the Palestinian Postal Bank for these payments.
- 04Hirsch criticizes the lack of comparable consequences for Israeli terrorists receiving PA funds versus ordinary citizens.
- 05The study suggests an international public diplomacy campaign with documented evidence of PA payments to terrorists.
- 06Britain and Canada imposed personal sanctions on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in June 2025.
Hirsch criticizes Israeli authorities for inadequate measures and proposes seizing ATMs and assets, and launching a public diplomacy campaign. The PA reportedly invests millions in this separate system, allowing payments to continue despite sanctions. Hirsch questions the continued transfer of funds to the PA under the Paris Protocol.
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