Please join MEF for a webinar with Maurice Hirsch today at 1pm EDT!
The Middle East Forum cordially invites you to a webinar: Stopping the PA's Pay-for-Slay with Maurice Hirsch Since 2011, when Palestinian Media Watch exposed the Palestinian Authority giving cash rewards to terrorists, the U.S. and Israeli governments have tried to end this practice. While efforts like the 2018 Taylor Force Act and similar Israeli legislation punished the PA with a substantial drop in income, it failed to end pay-for-slay. Efforts are now underway to sanction the funds’ distributor, the PA’s Commission of Prisoners' Affairs. Will this suffice? If not, what steps need to be taken? Monday, August 17, 2020 1:00-1:15p.m. EDTOnline:Click here to join just before 1 pm EDT or Webinar ID: 889 4072 9639 Passcode: 956526 By Phone: US: +16465588656,,889 4072 9639#,,956526#,,# Please contact Stacey Roman with any questions at [email protected]
Maurice Hirsch is an international law expert who, prior to joining Palestinian Media Watch in 2017, served in senior positions in the IDF’s Military Advocate General’s Corps, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has published in The Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva, and The Times of Israel.
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