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Abbas: I'll Never Stop Paying Terrorists' Salaries, Even If It Costs Me My Job
[Breitbart Israel] TEL AVIV ‐ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has vowed to never cease paying terrorists their monthly salaries ‐ even if it costs him his job, according to an announcement on his party’s Facebook page Sunday."’Even if I will have to leave my position, I will not compromise on the salary (rawatib) of a Martyr (Shahid) or a prisoner, as I am the president of the entire Palestinian people, including the prisoners, the Martyrs, the injured, the expelled and the uprooted," a Palestinian Media Watch translation of Abbas’ quote on Fatah’s Facebook page said. According to its 2016 budget, the PA currently pays 26,800 families of "Martyrs" a total of NIS 660 million ($183 million) per year and 6,500 terrorist prisoners receive PA salaries amounting to NIS 486 million ($135 million) per year. The independent Arab news agency Wattan reported that senior Fatah official Jamal Muhaisen reiterated Abbas’ pledge to never suspend the terrorists’ stipends, and added that it wasn’t an issue of money but preserving the "historical narrative" of the Palestinian people in which terrorist martyrs who lose their lives while attacking Israelis are heroes. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-07 |
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