Bear in mind that the Cost Of Living in "Palestine" is about 1/10th that of the U.S.A.
So when you see these numbers in U.S. dollars, multiply by 10 to get a sense of how they're actually compensating terrorist families.
That "$250.00" represents about $2,500.00 in U.S. purchasing power.
Also explains the joyous gratitude for Saddam's $25,000 payments.
The money moves in some fashion...who has it to start with? And then start to eliminate the money holders...one by one.