Canadian court condemns PA 'pay to slay' policy

• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Published date: 18 December 2020
• Date: 18 December 2020
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

In a judgment released last week, the Court upheld a decision by the Refugee Appeal Division to deny refugee status to a Palestinian Arab woman over her work for the Palestinian Martyrs' Families Foundation between 1984 and 2006. The Foundation is at the centre of the Palestinian 'pay for slay" program, in which terrorists and their families are provided with salaries and benefits. often in excess of the salary of the average PA resident.

The Court affirmed that the "Foundation was created by the PLO to fulfill the criminal purpose of incentivising acts of terrorism against Israelis," and even added that "the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] had a criminal purpose." It therefore found that the applicant, Khitam Khudeish, was ineligible for refugee status under Article 1(f) of the Refugee Convention, which bars those who commit "a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity."

In 2016, when Khudeish arrived in Canada and claimed refugee status, her husband was serving as the PA Ambassador to Angola, according to the Court.

This decision...