PLO official: "Palestinian leadership must not submit to the American and Israeli pressures demanding to stop the allowances of the Martyrs"
Headline: “Khaled: The factions were not informed about the stopping of the Palestinian National Fund allowances”
“PLO Executive Committee member [and member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine] Tayseer Khaled… emphasized in a press release - a copy of which reached [the independent Palestinian news agency] Donia Al-Watan - that great pressures are being exerted on the Palestinian side by the American administration, the Israeli occupation state, and Europe to stop the Palestinian National Fund’s humanitarian and national role. He emphasized that these pressures were intended to stop the payment of the prisoners and Martyrs’ (Shahids’) allowances (mukhassasat), and also to stop the PLO factions’ allowances…
Khaled noted that the fund will continue to fulfill its national and humanitarian role and take care of the families of the Martyrs, wounded, and prisoners…
He emphasized that the Palestinian leadership must not submit to the American and Israeli pressures demanding to stop the allowances of the Martyrs and wounded. He also emphasized that this issue is not up for debate, and that the payments must continue as they were. This is because the [Palestinian] National Fund is not a terror organization as Israel claims (see note below –Ed.), but rather a national institution that is part of the PLO institutions and fulfills its national and humanitarian role to ease the burden on the Palestinian civilian, which is caused as a result of the actions of killing and terror that the occupation state is committing against the Palestinian civilians.”
On March 16, 2017, Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman declared the Palestinian National Fund of the PLO a terrorist organization. The fund manages financial aid received by the PLO from different sources. The Israeli Ministry of Defense declare the fund a terror organization due to the fund's "massive support for elements responsible for committing severe acts of terrorism against Israel," and stated that the fund serves "as a significant financial pipeline for tens of millions of shekels that are transferred on a monthly basis to security prisoners held in Israel for committing acts of terrorism and to members of their families," and that "the fund also supports family members of terrorists who were wounded and killed while perpetrating acts of terrorism against Israel." It also stated that "the necessary steps will be taken, in Israel and abroad, to seize and forfeit the property and money belonging to the fund.”
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the PA uses the Palestinian National Fund to transfer money for terrorist salaries to the PLO.
“PLO Executive Committee member [and member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine] Tayseer Khaled… emphasized in a press release - a copy of which reached [the independent Palestinian news agency] Donia Al-Watan - that great pressures are being exerted on the Palestinian side by the American administration, the Israeli occupation state, and Europe to stop the Palestinian National Fund’s humanitarian and national role. He emphasized that these pressures were intended to stop the payment of the prisoners and Martyrs’ (Shahids’) allowances (mukhassasat), and also to stop the PLO factions’ allowances…
Khaled noted that the fund will continue to fulfill its national and humanitarian role and take care of the families of the Martyrs, wounded, and prisoners…
He emphasized that the Palestinian leadership must not submit to the American and Israeli pressures demanding to stop the allowances of the Martyrs and wounded. He also emphasized that this issue is not up for debate, and that the payments must continue as they were. This is because the [Palestinian] National Fund is not a terror organization as Israel claims (see note below –Ed.), but rather a national institution that is part of the PLO institutions and fulfills its national and humanitarian role to ease the burden on the Palestinian civilian, which is caused as a result of the actions of killing and terror that the occupation state is committing against the Palestinian civilians.”
On March 16, 2017, Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman declared the Palestinian National Fund of the PLO a terrorist organization. The fund manages financial aid received by the PLO from different sources. The Israeli Ministry of Defense declare the fund a terror organization due to the fund's "massive support for elements responsible for committing severe acts of terrorism against Israel," and stated that the fund serves "as a significant financial pipeline for tens of millions of shekels that are transferred on a monthly basis to security prisoners held in Israel for committing acts of terrorism and to members of their families," and that "the fund also supports family members of terrorists who were wounded and killed while perpetrating acts of terrorism against Israel." It also stated that "the necessary steps will be taken, in Israel and abroad, to seize and forfeit the property and money belonging to the fund.”
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the PA uses the Palestinian National Fund to transfer money for terrorist salaries to the PLO.