In its own version of the Palestinian “pay-for-slay” scheme, the terror group has leveraged state institutions to channel public funds.
Author - Jacques Neriah
Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, was formerly a foreign-policy adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the deputy head for assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.
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