The Palestinian Authority (PA) operates a dedicated ATM network, separate from the regular banking system, to continue transferring payments to terrorists and their families despite Israeli enforcement measures.
That is the claim made by Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, an attorney and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, in a new study examining how the PA continues to transfer the funds. In an interview with Arutz Sheva-Israel National News, he details the payment system, criticizes Israeli enforcement authorities and outlines measures he says could bring the payments to a halt.
According to Hirsch, the Palestinian Authority has invested millions of shekels in establishing a separate payment system based on ATMs connected exclusively to the Palestinian Postal Bank. “The Palestinian Authority invested millions in developing a system of special ATMs connected only to the Palestinian Postal Bank, rather than to the broader banking system,” he says. He explains that an announcement is issued each month when the funds are deposited, and families receive cards allowing them to withdraw the payments.
AFSI Insight
The Palestinian Authority continues to reward terrorism despite Israeli efforts to stop the payments, establishing a separate ATM network and using money changers to circumvent financial restrictions. These payments, which provide tens of millions of shekels monthly to terrorists and their families, expose the PA’s ongoing commitment to incentivizing violence against Israel. AFSI believes Israel must move beyond symbolic financial deductions and enforce existing laws aggressively by confiscating the funds, seizing the dedicated ATMs, freezing assets, and holding both PA officials and recipients accountable. There must be real consequences for financing terrorism. Rewarding murder cannot be allowed to continue with impunity.
Source:
Dedicated ATMs channel money to terrorists, by Shimon Cohen/Israel National News, November 10, 2026