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| Palestinians May Be Forced To Seek New Prisoner Salary Benefactors |
| 2014-06-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, may have scored a tactical victory with the inclusion of the ministry of prisoner affairs in the Paleostinian unity government sworn in Monday, but a senior Fatah official told The Times of Israel that Western and Israeli pressure have succeeded in changing the way the Paleostinian government funds security prisoners in Israeli prisons and their families. As the Hamdallah government was being presented in Ramallah, Fatah official Kadoura Fares, head of the Paleostinian Prisoners Club, still believed that the Prisoner Affairs Ministry would be abolished and replaced by a body subordinate to the PLO. "Abbas didn't just feel like canceling the ministry," Fares told The Times of Israel. "There was massive pressure from Israel. [Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor] Liberman can celebrate today." |
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