Risch, Mast threaten to sanction UN, member states if council creates open-ended Israel probe

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) speaks at a U.S. Institute of Peace event titled “Passing the Baton 2025,” Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: USIP via Creative Commons.

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), the chairs respectively of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, penned a letter on Tuesday to António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, threatening to sanction the global body and its member states if it creates “special investigatory powers to target Israel.”

“This is part of a concerning and insidious anti-Israel trend within the United Nations, specifically as relates to the Human Rights Council, and appears to be little more than a bare-faced attempt to prop up other anti-Israel action at the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice,” the members of Congress wrote.

“Make no mistake, any Human Rights Council member state or U.N. entity that supports an Israel-specific international investigative mechanism in any form will face the same consequences as the International Criminal Court faced for its blatant overreach and disregard for sovereign prerogatives,” they stated. “We urge you to take all action and to unequivocally reject the establishment of this open-ended mechanism at the Human Rights Council.”

The members wrote that the United Nations has a vote scheduled this week on creating an “international investigative mechanism focused solely on Israel.”

They added that the council’s “one-sided focus on Israel undermines the legitimate and genuine threat posed by real human rights abusers,” including “the Hamas terrorists who continue to hold dozens of hostages like American Edan Alexander.”

Taking on terror

How should Israel be facing internal terror threats, and what mistakes from the past can it learn from?

In this episode of “Straight Up,” former senior Israeli official Danny Seaman sits down with Gil Kleiman, former spokesperson for the Israel Police and leading commentator on Channel 14, to deliver a hard-hitting, insider take on the current wave of Palestinian terrorism, U.S.-Israel relations and the aftermath of Oct. 7.

Fixing Israel’s blind spot when fighting terror w/Gil Kleiman | Straight Up

Izrael, Židé a mír v učebnicích a učitelských příručkách používaných ve školách Úřadu OSN pro palestinské uprchlíky na Blízkém východě na Západním břehu, ve východním Jeruzalémě a v Pásmu Gazy

Úvod
Učebnice vydávané Palestinskou Národní Správou (PNS) jsou povinné ve všech oblastech
Judeje, Samaří, Pásma Gazy a východního Jeruzaléma (ve školách, které vyučují podle
palestinského vzdělávacího programu) – t.j. ve státních školách, školách Úřadu OSN pro
palestinské uprchlíky na Blízkém východě a různých soukromých školách. Knihy, které byly
zkontrolovány ve výzkumu, který jsme provedli, jsou posledními vydanými knihami a jsou
vyučovány i v aktuálním školním roce. Většina z nich byla vydaná v roce 2020. Také byly
zkontrolovány učitelské příručky, které vnesou unikátné světlo do indoktrinace PNS, která je implementována i ve školách Úřadu OSN pro palestinské uprchlíky na Blízkém východě. Tyto příručky byly většinou vydány v roce 2018.

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7 October Parliamentary Commission Report

The preparation of this report was made possible through the contributions and support of various individuals and organisations.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on UK-Israel acknowledges the advocacy of its parliamentary supporters, including the chairs and vice officers, who supported the creation of this report. Special thanks to the members of the parliamentary panel, who gave their time, sensitivity, and insights, chaired by Lord Roberts of Belgravia, including Baroness Hodge of Barking, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven KC, Baroness Fox of Buckley, Lord Farmer, Baroness Smith of Newnham, Greg Smith MP and Sharon Hodgson MP.

Why Anti-Semites Love Haaretz: Gadi Taub (Part 5)

In this video interview conducted by Pamela Paresky, Gadi Taub criticizes Haaretz for its anti-Zionist stance, particularly regarding its publisher’s public support for Palestinian militants and calls for sanctions against Israel. Haaretz is described as providing a platform for postcolonial critique that undermines Zionism, particularly in its literary sections. Taub discusses the political climate change following the judicial reform’s defeat, which amplified progressive views that challenge the traditional Zionist narrative.

He highlights the controversy around financial support for Haaretz by the Israeli government, especially given its perceived anti-Israel rhetoric and its impact on public opinion domestically and internationally. 00:00 The Call for Sanctions Against Israel 02:52 The Role of Media in Shaping Narratives 05:46 The Clash of Narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Why Anti-Semites Love Haaretz: Gadi Taub (Part 5)

 

Al Jazeera Challenged by the Gaza Street

A political earthquake shook Gaza this week. Its tremors continue to reverberate. Protests demanding the end of Hamas’s governance of Gaza and holding it responsible for the destruction of the enclave began in Beit Lahiya and have expanded to Khan Younis, where former head of Hamas Yahya Sinwar lived, and beyond.

While Hamas, which Gaza’s protestors called terrorists, was the primary target of the protests, those who took to the streets did not hold back on their ire at what they see as Hamas’s media mouthpiece: Al Jazeera.

“No no to Al Jazeera. The people are the truth,” protesters called out in Gaza City.

Hamza Howidy, a Palestinian human rights advocate, proclaimed in a tweet, “Not only did Al Jazeera not report our people’s demands, protests, and how they risked their lives for it, but they are now attempting to shift the narrative and the protestors’ demands, just like they did with the ‘We Want to Live’ protests in 2019, desperately trying to hide the reality about Gaza, that we’re done with Hamas and we no longer want them to rule us or for this war to continue.”

The protesters, who chanted “down with the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood,” see Al Jazeera as a promoter of the Brotherhood, a standard-bearer for Islamist groups around the world.

The State of Qatar launched the state-backed media network in 1996 when regional players had hoped it would become a truly independent news outlet. Those hopes have been dashed, even while the channel seeks to portray itself as the “BBC of the Middle East.”

Critics underscore that Al Jazeera is beholden to the Gulf emirate’s journalistic wishes by pointing to Qatari law that expressly prohibits the network from criticizing the emir, Qatar’s head of state. Al Jazeera is widely seen as the soft power tool the wealthy emirate uses to boost and empower Islamists — namely, the global Muslim Brotherhood, including its Gazan branch, Hamas.

Al Jazeera has previously faced protests and bans for its support for the Muslim Brotherhood. In Egypt, protests against Al Jazeera occurred after the 2013 coup as it was accused of backing the ousted Brotherhood government, leading to office closures and journalist arrests.

In 2017, when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt had a diplomatic fallout with Qatar, they presented 13 demands to Qatar, including a major shift in Al Jazeera’s pro-Islamist editorial line. The countries banned Al Jazeera.

Today, Al Jazeera is not merely a television channel but also a well-funded communications empire funded and directed by the Qatari state’s messaging apparatus. Academic institutions, media companies, and human rights organizations that have formal or informal ties with the Al Jazeera Media Network’s many platforms, or the slew of centers and institutes it houses and funds, will be challenged to evaluate these relationships as Palestinians themselves pull back the veil and expose what they see as Al Jazeera’s motives.

Ahmad Fouad Alkhatib, a Gaza-born Palestinian who has lost 33 family members in the Gaza war, and today is a scholar at the Atlantic Council, put it this way in a tweet as the protests rage on: “Aljazeera’s fake ‘journalists’ & mercenaries are working overtime trying to serve their Islamist overlords & save Hamas from collapse! Never forget that Aljazeera is the media arm of Hamas; Aljazeera=Hamas. But the people of Gaza finally see through both. There’s no going back.”

Howidy, who was also born in the Gaza Strip, zeroed in for a rebuke of Anas al Sherif, one of Al Jazeera’s main reporters in Gaza. He posted on X: “Al Jazeera’s journalist, who hid while the protestors were looking for anyone to cover the anti-war & anti-Hamas protests, is working to change the narrative and the demands of the protestors: We want to end the war and Hamas to step down from ruling Gaza.”

Al Jazeera nominally reported on the protests but did not reflect their dominant theme in its coverage, which was captured by the protestors in their chant “Barra, barra, barra, Hamas,” or “Out, out, out, Hamas.”

The angry sentiment being expressed in the streets of Gaza is not about biased reporting or disputes over any one particular incident. Rather, the protestors are reflecting the view that for years, Al Jazeera’s goal was to prop up Hamas.

One Gaza-born Palestinian told me he saw Al Jazeera as responsible for falsely representing a domestic and global image of Hamas as the protector of Palestinians when Hamas, he said, is responsible for initiating the 2023 war and for the ensuing devastation. Reflecting the sentiment of the protestors, he holds Al Jazeera responsible for Hamas “squandering billions of donated humanitarian aid dollars over the two decades since it began its rule over Gaza, money that was supposed to help Gazans build decent lives but instead resulted in destroying their future.”

Many had feared saying the quiet part out loud until now because doing so put them at risk of being the victim of Hamas’s brutal historic response to those who cross it. Videos surfaced of Hamas attacking protestors on the first day of the protests.

While the hours witnessed hundreds protesting, the numbers increased into the thousands.

Some believe that the anti-Hamas protests are coordinated with Hamas’s leadership as a ploy to get aid flowing into the strip once again. This seems reasonable given how Hamas deceived Israel’s leadership into believing the terrorist group was not interested in another war prior to the October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel.

Aid, which flowed into Gaza during the recent ceasefire, halted after Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, and a dozen or so other countries, rejected extending the ceasefire with Israel, which, in turn, has led Israel to pause aid going into Gaza. Nearly 60 hostages remain in Gaza with about half believed to have been killed in captivity. The other hostages are being kept in inhumane conditions in airless tunnels, while others are being kept in civilian quarters, according to hostages now back in Israel.

Will Al Jazeera continue to be a target of the Gaza street? Nuseir Yassin, an online influencer with 145,000 followers on X — born in Israel to a Palestinian Muslim family — who has openly expressed his views that are now being echoed by the protesters, envisions a time when the Qatari network is brought down: Using lowercase letters in his post on X, he wrote this week: “last year, thousands of people sent me death threats because i said ‘yes to peace.’ now the people of Gaza are screaming it too. what happened? our message last year was not popular. everyone was poisoned by aljazeera. and the online mob has no independent thought. times are changing. 2025 is our year to take back the narrative. i can’t wait to see aljazeera, its financiers, the online mob, and hamas be thrown away to the dustbins of history.”

Those who have a stake in peace in Gaza should take note of the voices of those protesting on the dusty streets of Gaza and those who are speaking out on social media, where the story is largely unfolding. While traditional media may fail to adequately cover their story, the view that Al Jazeera is Qatar’s tool to prop up Hamas’s nefarious role in and beyond Gaza has been made unmistakably clear.

Toby Dershowitz is managing director of FDD Action, a non-partisan organization established to advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. national security interests. Follow her on X @tobydersh.

Blockbuster lawsuit claims UNRWA led a billion-dollar money laundering scheme to aid Hamas

A group of lawyers filed a complaint against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

The complaint states that Hamas did not carry out the atrocities of October 7th without assistance. Current and former members, as well as UNRWA itself, spent over a decade prior to October 7 helping Hamas build up the terror infrastructure and personnel necessary to carry out the attack.

Blockbuster lawsuit claims UNRWA led a billion-dollar money laundering scheme to aid Hamas

That included knowingly providing Hamas with U.S. dollars and cash needed to pay for smugglers, weapons, missile systems, and other terror-related materials. But the situation goes even deeper and is more troubling.

MM Law, co-counsel on this case, found that more than one billion dollars had been handed over to Hamas. Gabriel Marrone, one of the attorneys involved, explained the mechanism by which these funds were transferred to a terror organization.

“The numbers we got were from U.N. reports and audits. We studied ten years of audits. They are buried in hundreds of pages of documents, but it is all there. The system, which is described and actually happened—we verified that—is as follows:

Donors contributed money to UNRWA in New York. The staff in New York analyzed the budgets across the five different offices of UNRWA in the Middle East. The funds for Gaza were transferred to JPMorgan’s branch in Ramallah. From there, the money was moved across the street to the Bank of Palestine.

The Bank of Palestine then issued withdrawals of $20 million in cash every month since 2018. We have documented this. The cash in Ramallah was loaded onto a Brink’s truck, which then drove from Ramallah into Gaza and delivered it to UNRWA there. They paid in U.S. dollars. However, dollars are not commonly used in Gaza—the primary currency is the shekel, as it is in the West Bank.

In the other four divisions, UNRWA used local currency so workers could buy food. But in Gaza, they paid in cash dollars. Since dollars are not widely accepted, recipients had to exchange them at money changers for shekels—money changers who charge a 10-20% fee. These money changers, in turn, were owned by Hamas.

This system effectively forced all employees in Gaza and all people receiving humanitarian aid to ‘donate’ a portion—about 15%—back to Hamas. But that’s not even the worst part. Hamas has sources of income from Iran and other international entities, which they can use within the banking system. What they don’t have is cash.

Why do they need cash, specifically U.S. dollars? Because they use it to pay smugglers who import weapons and other illicit goods. This $20 million per month turns out to be two-thirds of the U.S. dollars entering Gaza since 2018—just from UNRWA.

If you look at U.N. risk statements and their audits, they acknowledge that paying in cash presents a risk due to what they call ‘leakage.’ They recognize that the cash leaks into illicit activities. In fact, Israel prohibits anyone other than UNRWA (and, since 2018, a small amount from Qatar) from bringing cash into Gaza, precisely because they know it will be used for weapons.”

Charles: “Right. Let me pick up on that. The Biden administration temporarily paused all U.S. funding for UNRWA in January after allegations that 12 employees were involved in the October 7th massacre. Whatever became of that pause? Was there an investigation?”

Attorney: “You know, I have no idea what the United States is investigating or not. Obviously, we’ve been focused on—”

Charles: “Sure, sure. But it feels like either someone knew something was wrong, or this is another case where they claim there were only a handful of bad actors, so they dealt with them and moved on.”

Attorney: “That’s not the full story, okay? Besides the money, UNRWA actually provided cash for weapons procurement. If you look at the massive amounts of weapons, explosives, and anti-tank missiles Hamas has, those were pretty much supplied by UNRWA over the years.

They also facilitated the construction of tunnels by providing extra materials. On top of that, UNRWA demanded that Israel respect all its facilities, including headquarters buildings, claiming they had a diplomatic posture.

Because of this, UNRWA provided Hamas with safe harbor. Since Israel entered Gaza, they have discovered that virtually all UNRWA facilities, especially their headquarters, were filled with weapons. Even within schools, rocket launching systems were installed in schoolyards.

This safe harbor, combined with the flow of U.S. dollars and the incitement in the education system, leads to legal implications. Under international law, aiding and abetting crimes—including genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, and weaponization of sexual assault—holds serious consequences.

The plaintiffs in this case include victims who have suffered from each of these crimes. The question now is: Did UNRWA and its upper management know what was going on? Did they intentionally facilitate this? Forget the 12 or even 100 employees—senior Hamas leaders were always employed by UNRWA.

And yes, UNRWA knew exactly what was happening. The U.N. itself conducted audits and investigations repeatedly because it kept coming up that weapons were being stored in UNRWA facilities. Every time, reports were produced stating that this was illegal, that it violated U.N. policy, and that UNRWA was assisting terrorists.

Each time, UNRWA’s management in New York claimed they would do something about it—and then did nothing. Time after time after time.”

Charles: “Wow.”

Attorney: “Now we know they knew exactly what was going on, and they kept the money flowing. They kept the budgets intact.”

Charles: “I encourage everyone to read the lawsuit—160 pages of detailed documentation. It is heartbreaking, but the world needs to know what is happening. I applaud you for bringing this case forward. Thank you very much, and I hope we can talk again.”

Deceit and deception

Washington, D.C. march in support of Israel on Nov. 14. Photo: tedeytan, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Thanks to compliant and corrupt international bodies, the ability of nations to deceive with impunity has never been greater.

Israel and by extension, Zionist supporters are the targets of the largest number of what passes for deceitful deceptions. The current torrent should come as no surprise In the context of millennia of such tactics. However, their lethal and toxic effects are magnified by the widespread use of social media, media disinformation and a receptive audience.

In the distant past ,one could explain away the spread of Judeophobia as a phenomenon of the uneducated classes of society being influenced by the minority of literate, educated and “enlightened” elites. This assumption was demolished after the Shoah when it was apparent that the most educated professionals were just as guilty, if not more so, of mass murder as the ordinary person in the street.

This reality is starkly apparent today as academics join forces with brain-addled students and unhinged haters, all of them united in parroting senseless slogans of incitement. Like their predecessors in Nazi Germany these demonstrations of hate progress into violent demonstrations, vandalizing property, boycotts and physical abuse.

It only takes one lie and distorted news report for the political opportunists and mobs to be let loose. Once unleashed, it spreads virally and any attempt at correcting distortions or countering mistruths is doomed.

A brief survey of the latest manifestations shows the magnitude of the problem.

It was always a given that the so-called ceasefire with Hamas would collapse sooner rather than later. Despite the starry-eyed expectations of the perennially gullible, there was no way that the terrorists holding the remaining hostages would ever release all of them.

Even worse was the fact that Hamas used the lull to continue digging more terror tunnels and prepare for another 7 October-type attack.

When Israel retaliated the world media and all the usual suspects erupted in a fury of condemnation.

The NGO “Honest Reporting” put it very simply when they responded:

The ceasefire ended weeks ago—Israel didn’t break it. Hamas played the media by pretending to accept a deal that never existed, hoarding food while blaming Israel for starvation, and refusing to release hostages or surrender.

So when Gaza journalists accuse Israel of breaking the ceasefire, and the media amplify it, remember: Hamas chose for the war to continue.  

Of course, by the time this message was posted, the damage had already been done, and the disinformation had well and truly infected receptive minds.

The same deceitful technique is effectively employed when it comes to reporting the number of casualties and where they occurred. Accepting Hamas-sourced figures which do not distinguish between terrorists, their supporters and civilians, the media reports convey a grossly inflated and distorted reality. Moreover, the fact that terrorists and their enablers hide in hospitals, clinics, UNRWA schools and homes is totally ignored and glossed over.

What needs to be relentlessly hammered home are some salient facts.

Hamas and its supporters started this war on 7 October 2023.

They have hijacked aid and food, deliberately depriving their own civilians.

Their continued refusal to immediately release each and every one of the kidnapped hostages, those alive and dead, makes them only responsible for the death and destruction that ensues.

The US special envoy, Steve Witkoff, made a startling admission. He admitted that he “may have been duped by Hamas.”

As we say here in Israel, “Boker tov Eliyahu.”

One did not have to be any sort of genius to predict this probability.

The fact that this same official is trying very hard to convince us that Qatar, one of the chief sponsors and funders of Hamas, is a genuine mediator for peace makes one wonder whether we are being sold yet another mirage.

Our eternal “peace partner” whom the international community has anointed as a dove of fraternal love never fails to demonstrate his abiding urge to embrace each and every opportunity to deceive.

This week, in a speech on the occasion of International Water Day, Abbas declared that “Israel is responsible for crimes of ongoing mass extermination of Palestinians over one and half years.” He went on to compare this with the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 and the tragedy of 1967. No doubt these dates mean nothing to the clueless demonstrators against Israel. Therein resides the problem. Abbas considers Israel’s rebirth as a catastrophe and its 1967 defeat of Arab genocidal plans equally tragic. He relies on the collective amnesia of the world to absolve him of any taint of deception.

Needless to say, this latest piece of incitement raised nary a ripple in the corridors of the United Nations and the Foreign Ministries of all countries that voted for a democratic, peace-loving Palestine.

That is why a Greens leader can stand up in the New Zealand Parliament and demand to know why the Government has not imposed sanctions on Israel. She is a perfect example of how deceit and deception can be successfully employed. At least in this particular case the NZ Foreign Minister responded that he had yet to hear any condemnation from her or her party about the 7 October 2023 pogrom and hostage-taking of Israelis.

It never ceases to amaze when pronouncements and assertions issued by recognized terror groups are accepted without any sort of verification as to their authenticity and truthfulness. Casualty figures which make no distinction between terrorists and innocent civilians are quoted as holy writ. The latest example is the reporting by international media outlets of the death of a proven Hamas terrorist who also worked as a “journalist” for Al Jazeera.

Hossam Shabat was a sniper operative in an anti-tank company of the Beit Hanoun Battalion of Hamas. His journalistic expertise was no doubt an asset when it came to reporting from the front line. After his elimination by the IDF, his elevation to martyr status by the world media was guaranteed, and the headlines all portrayed him as an innocent journalist deliberately targeted by the evil Zionists.

The fact that this deception and others like it can be reported and swallowed with the greatest of ease proves how difficult it is for the truth to be revealed.

The erstwhile sultan of Turkey is another prime example of how to incite against Israel and Jews without incurring any negative repercussions. In one of his latest rants, he accused Israel of “feeding on the blood of innocents.”  Most Jews who know anything at all about historical facts would immediately associate this sort of rhetoric with the blood libels of the Middle Ages and Czarist Russia.

It is unfortunately futile for Jewish respondents to refer to “blood libels” because these days, mindless millennials and professional anti-Israel protesters do not have the faintest idea what these slanders were all about. If a survey was to be held it would reveal a massive black hole as to the history behind accusing Jews of “feeding on the blood of innocents.”

Knowledge is critical, but how can truth prevail when those spreading deceit and deception have a clear head start?

Countering confused and closed minds already rotted with a poisonous and infectious bacillus of hate against Jews, Zionists and the Jewish State is an uphill battle.

It is one, however, which must be continually fought and won if we are not to suffer the disasters of the recent past.

EXCLUSIVEBritish father who saw family massacred by Hamas stands to receive £10.5 MILLION from Palestine Authority in landmark ruling

A British Israeli father whose wife and two daughters were murdered in a Hamas terror attack has won a legal ruling to be able to take more than £10.5 million from the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Rabbi Leo Dee, originally from London, lost his wife Leah, 48, together with daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, in April 2023, after a Palestinian terrorist brutally sprayed them with bullets in a drive-by attack.

The family were travelling through West Bank in separate vehicles, with Rabbi Dee driving just metres ahead.

Since then, he has campaigned to help other victims of terror, and opened his case to sue the PA several months ago.

Yesterday, Israeli courts granted a temporary garnishee order, meaning a set amount of the frozen funds can be taken by Dee as soon as he successfully sues the PA, and the ruling makes the case stronger.

Explaining the legal process, Rabbi Dee said: ‘Bagatz [Supreme Court of Israel] gave us the go ahead months ago to sue and secure the funds.

‘The way it works is that the Israeli treasury withholds tax funds from the Palestinian Authority.

‘So technically, the money is in the hands of Israel, but the question was whether we can withhold these funds to give to victims of terror. The court ruled we can. That was the first step.’

The case is believed to be the first of its kind, and Dee is now calling for other terror victim families to follow suit, in the hope it will eventually ‘bankrupt’ terror groups.

Rabbi Dee continued: ‘I am delighted we are making progress. My desire is for other families to also be suing the Palestinian Authority.

‘My hope is we can bankrupt them. Since the UN is intent on continuing to fund them, we have to act independently to stop their funding and save lives.

‘I want other families to sue the PA, and secure funds and I want them to know that together we can bring them down.

‘We are not directly at war with the Palestinian Authority, but they have built the greatest terror scheme and incentive for terror in the world.’

Tax funds secured by the PA are used as part of it’s so-called ‘Martyr’s Fund’ – referred to by critics as ‘pay-for-slay’, a label rejected by Palestinians.

The cash pot is used to open an account for terrorists after they are convicted and jailed, and they then pour the equivalent of several hundred pounds in each month.

When a terrorist is released after serving their sentence, they then collect the money, in some cases amounting to millions of shekels accumulated during lengthy sentences.

The case is believed to be the first of its kind, and Dee is now calling for other terror victim families to follow suit, in the hope it will eventually ‘bankrupt’ terror groups.

Rabbi Dee continued: ‘I am delighted we are making progress. My desire is for other families to also be suing the Palestinian Authority.

‘My hope is we can bankrupt them. Since the UN is intent on continuing to fund them, we have to act independently to stop their funding and save lives.

‘I want other families to sue the PA, and secure funds and I want them to know that together we can bring them down.

‘We are not directly at war with the Palestinian Authority, but they have built the greatest terror scheme and incentive for terror in the world.’

Tax funds secured by the PA are used as part of it’s so-called ‘Martyr’s Fund’ – referred to by critics as ‘pay-for-slay’, a label rejected by Palestinians.

The cash pot is used to open an account for terrorists after they are convicted and jailed, and they then pour the equivalent of several hundred pounds in each month.

When a terrorist is released after serving their sentence, they then collect the money, in some cases amounting to millions of shekels accumulated during lengthy sentences.

Hamas out: White flag and Star of David at mass demonstrations in Gaza

Amid ongoing fighting, mass protests against Hamas rule continued on Wednesday throughout the Gaza Strip.

Starting in Beit Lahia, the protests spread to Deir al-Balah, where demonstrators waved banners with messages such as: “We want to live,” “The masked men will never control me,” “Stop the destruction,” “For the sake of Allah, get Hamas out!” “Enough with the lies.”

One Gazan resident said to the camera: “We have to put an end to Hamas. They are not the resistance – the residents are the resistance, while the Hamas leadership lives comfortably abroad.”

Following the mass demonstrations in the Gaza Strip against Hamas, Defense Minister Israel Katz sent a message to the residents of Gaza, saying, “Soon the IDF will take forceful action in other areas of Gaza and you will be required to evacuate your homes, losing more and more territory. The plans have already been written and approved.”

Minister Katz added: “Learn from the residents of Beit Lahia: Demand the removal of Hamas from Gaza and the immediate release of all Israeli hostages – this is the only way to stop the war.”