Saar Exposes Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-to-Slay” Deception, Accuses EU of Laundering Terror Payments
In another staggering revelation of hypocrisy and moral blindness from Ramallah, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saarhas openly accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of continuing its infamous “Pay-to-Slay” policy, paying monthly stipends to terrorists and their families, despite repeated pledges to the international community to end the practice.
Saar, who made the remarks during a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó at Budapest’s Puskás Arena, did not mince words. “The Palestinian Authority never stopped paying terrorists,” he declared sharply. “It merely changed the delivery method. Today, these payments flow through the Palestinian postal service, including to those released in the recent Israeli-Palestinian deal.”
A Rebranding of Terror Rewards
For years, Palestinian leaders have reassured Europe and Washington that they would “reform” their compensation programs for terrorists. In practice, they’ve done nothing but rebrand the system to look more bureaucratic, moving payments from ministries to the postal system, from visible accounts to shadowed ledgers. Saar’s statement exposes what Israeli officials have warned for years: Ramallah’s commitment to terror finance is not a bug, it’s a feature of its political survival.
It is now nearly November 2025, and 160 Palestinian terrorists have reached MILLIONAIRE status - a financial reward for their bloody crimes by the Palestinian Authority.
— Pal Media Watch (@palwatch) October 27, 2025
Despite the excitement of 'PA reform', Pay-for-Slay continues to enrich terrorists...https://t.co/M3ljc636Pf
Europe’s Complicity: “Laundering Terrorism”
Saar didn’t stop at the Palestinian Authority. In one of the strongest diplomatic rebukes to date, he turned his criticism directly at the European Union, accusing Brussels of complicity through inaction.
“Instead of holding the PA accountable,” Saar said, “the EU is laundering it. They ignore the continued rewards for terrorism and, in fact, encourage it.”
This blunt accusation comes amid growing frustration in Jerusalem that Europe’s billions in aid effectively subsidize Palestinian terror salaries, even as European diplomats lecture Israel on human rights and “proportionate response.”
Hungary, one of Israel’s staunchest allies in Europe, has taken a markedly different stance. Szijjártó reaffirmed that Budapest “will not tolerate double standards against Israel” and echoed Saar’s demand for strict conditionality on Palestinian aid. “We must ensure that not one euro of European taxpayers’ money ends up in the hands of terrorists or their families,” he said.
Palestinian President Abbas and the PA are fueling more war.
— AIPAC 🇺🇸🇮🇱🎗️ (@AIPAC) October 27, 2025
The Palestinian Authority’s heinous pay-for-slay program incentivizes terrorism by paying hundreds of millions to attackers and their families. https://t.co/DBPp4FlIP2
Failure to Honor the “Deal of the Century”
Saar reminded his European hosts that under the 2020 U.S. “Deal of the Century”, the Palestinian Authority was explicitly required to cease all payments to imprisoned terrorists and to the families of those killed while committing attacks.
“To date,” he said, “the Palestinian Authority has failed to meet these requirements. They continue to glorify murderers as martyrs and fund their families as heroes.”
The statement underscores a deepening Israeli frustration with what Saar described as a “diplomatic charade”, a global community that demands Israeli restraint while ignoring Palestinian incitement.
Israeli Foreign Minister @gidonsaar has been warning his counterparts not to believe the Palestinian Authority’s claim that it ended its payments to terrorists and their families, his office confirmed to Jewish Insider on Sunday. @LahavHarkov reports: https://t.co/dI3l46z86G
— Jewish Insider (@J_Insider) April 1, 2025
Building Real Partnerships, Not Illusions
Beyond diplomacy, Saar’s visit to Budapest underscored Israel’s growing alliance with Hungary as a model of moral clarity and mutual respect. The visit included the largest Israeli business delegation ever sent to Hungary, a testament to the expanding economic, technological, and security cooperation between the two nations.
Private meetings and extended working sessions between Saar and Szijjártó highlighted a shared worldview, that appeasement of terrorism, whether through money or silence, only breeds more violence.
“Israel will continue to expose these lies,” Saar concluded. “Those who fund terror under the guise of welfare cannot expect peace. Those who defend them cannot claim moral superiority.”
Keep trying. Read @gidonsaar Saar's post on this. They just traded organizations in order to hide that pay for slay is still alive and well but no longer openly funded by the PA, now paid through the backdoor since the world doesn't want to see the PA pay for terrorism
— Shmuel Avrahami (@AvrahamiShmuel) September 8, 2025
Editorial Summary
Once again, the Palestinian Authority’s deception has been laid bare, not by intelligence leaks or secret investigations, but by its own stubborn continuity in paying killers. And once again, the West faces a choice: will it fund terrorism in suits and stamps, or stand with the nations that refuse to buy peace with blood money?
