Eli Lake, Columnist

The Palestinian Incentive Program for Killing Jews

Mahmoud Abbas may not be able to stop the knife attacks. But he shouldn't pay the killers' families.

July 1, 2016 at 2:07 PM EDT

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a 13-year-old Israeli girl, was stabbed in her bed.
Photographer: GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images

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Whoever said crime doesn't pay hasn't talked to the family of a Palestinian terrorist. For the Palestine Liberation Organization and the related Palestinian Authority, the killers of Jewish Israelis are considered "martyrs." And as such, their families are paid for the service these murderers have done for the Palestinian cause.

This has come to light this week after a Palestinian, Mohammed Tarayra, stabbed Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a 13-year-old Israeli girl, as she was sleeping in her bed. The stabbing was part of a wave of attacks by Palestinians who have for nearly eight months been shooting, stabbing and running down Jews with the encouragement of social media and popular songs.

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