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PA and Fatah officials visit and congratulate murderers who were released from prison

Headline: “A delegation of senior Fatah officials conveyed greetings to released prisoners in Nablus and Jenin”
     “In a speech he made at a reception ceremony in honor of the released prisoners that was held yesterday [Aug. 16, 2013]… in Nablus and that was attended by Fatah Central Committee Member Tawfiq Tirawi, [Fatah Central Committee Member Mahmoud] Al-Aloul said: ‘The veteran prisoners [who were imprisoned] before Oslo will see the light of freedom and will be with us in the next phases [of prisoner releases]. Among them will be prisoners from Jerusalem and from the ’48 territories (i.e., Israel)… A Fatah delegation that included Commissioner for Mobilization and Organization Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Deputy Minister for Prisoners’ Affairs Ziad Abu Ein, Director General of the Information Commission Muwaffaq Matar, and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf visited Nablus two days ago [on Aug. 15, 2013] and congratulated released prisoners Samir Al-Nanish, Miqdad Salah, Muhammad Sawalha, and Hosni Sawalha in Fatah’s regional branch headquarters. Many citizens and Fatah members were present. Also, delegation members Abu-Ein, Matar, and Assaf visited released prisoners Burhan Sbeih in the village of Kafr Rai and Yusuf Arshid in the village of Seer in the Jenin district, and congratulated them.”

Note: Samir Al-Nanish was serving a life sentence for his part in killing Israeli reserve soldier Benjamin Meisner whose patrol was ambushed in Nablus in 1989. Al-Nanish was released in August 2013, as one of 104 terrorists to be released by Israel, which was the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Miqdad Salah murdered 72 year-old hotel security guard Israel Tenenbaum in Netanya (June 14, 1993). He was serving 32 years in prison, but was released in August 2013, one of 104 terrorists to be released by Israel, which was the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Muhammad and Hosni Sawalha stabbed Israeli civilian Baruch Heizler to death on a bus (Dec. 2, 1990). They also attempted to murder 3 Israeli girls. Both were released in August 2013 as two of 104 terrorists to be released by Israel, which was the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Burhan Sbeih murdered five Palestinians he suspected of collaborating with Israel. Was arrested in February 2001 and sentenced to six life sentences and an additional nine years in prison, but was released in August 2013 as one of 104 terrorists released by Israel, which was the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Yusuf Arshid murdered five Palestinians he suspected of collaborating with Israel. He was arrested in 1993 and was serving five life sentences but was released in August 2013 as one of 104 terrorists released by Israel, which was the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.

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