Palestinian Growth Industry

The Toronto Star has an article covering the mall bombing in Netanya, Israel and presents the rote statement of condemnation from Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas as well as a little bit of insight into the background of the bomber:

Abbas condemned the attack.

“The Palestinian Authority will not go easy on whoever is proved to be responsible,” said a statement issued by Abbas’ office.

Islamic Jihad identified the attacker as Lotfi Abu Saada from Illar, a village north of the West Bank town of Tulkarem. A video released by the group showed the bomber posing with a grenade launcher and assault rifles. Relatives described Abu Saada, 23, as a primary-school dropout who was illiterate and exploited by his handlers. “My son is a poor soul. He doesn’t know anything about this,” said his mother, Amina.

But its from a Jerusalem Newswire Service article that puts into perspective what the PA Chairman was up to at about the time of the Netanya mall bombing and that is the real money quote:

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has approved financial aid to the families of all “Palestinians” killed in conflict with Israel, the majority of whom died while engaging in acts of violence against men, women, children and soldiers.

The order was signed on the very day a Palestinian Arab blew himself up at a shopping mall in central Israel, slaughtering five people and wounding more than 50.

The bomber's family, along with those of every other deceased killer, will now receive at least $250 a month in direct government aid, according to the new law. That amount of money is more than most lower class “Palestinians” can hope to make working menial jobs. This fact, coupled with a culture that glorifies deceased terrorists as national heroes, has the potential to increase the number of young Palestinian Arabs willing to give their lives to kill Jews.

The JNW service also reports that under the new “Martyrs’ Families’” law the PA will now be spending $100 million per year of its total budget on the legal defense of terrorists and payments to Martyrs families.

This has become a cottage industry for the Palestinians and there is no reason to believe that the market for terror cultists will bottom out any time in the near future. Nor is it likely to as long as the Euroweanies and the Americans continue to supply funding without conditions to the Palestinian Authority.