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PLO states that "the Zionist settler colonialism in Palestine is continuing in its war against the Palestinian presence through the settlement expansion" and says that now "the time has come to end the occupation”

Recently official PA TV broadcast a scene from the film “Checkpoint” by Palestinian director Omar Rammal

PA Official Issa Karake "demanded an international investigation" on Israel's supposed "deliberate neglect" and abusive medical policies against Palestinian prisoners

Palestinian officials "warned of an 'eruption'" which " will not cease and will lead to an Intifada" for which Israel "will be held responsible"

Terrorist prisoners are “symbols of honor, heroism, and pride,”

“The aims of these weapons are not defined by those carrying them, but rather the occupation"

Fatah official: Shoot Israelis not Palestinians!

"Break the rules and fill your enemies’ eyes with your people’s burning flames" says PA MP Issa Karake, spurring Abbas to "become a knife in the throats of the enemies" and "set out against them in their territory"

Excerpt of an op-ed by former Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake “The latest Zionist threat to the banks that are active in Palestine of arrests and being put on trial due to the opening of accounts for prisoners, Martyrs’ [families], and wounded (refers to the application...”

"They are fighters and not terrorists and criminals"

Op-ed by former Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and former PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake Headline: "The flame of the [morgue] refrigerator and the words of the bodies" "If the human rights institutions would listen well, if they would approach the door of the..."

“A tribute to a number of families of Martyrs and prisoners – the conclusion of the activities of the Return (i.e., of the refugees) cultural competitions in Deheisheh with the victory of the Aida [refugee] camp team”

The PA continues to stress to its population that terrorists and murderers of Israelis are "heroes." (Jan. 31, 2019)

Article and video posted by the independent Palestinian news agency PNN, on conference honoring families of terrorist prisoners and dead terrorists whose bodies are being held by Israel “The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah, the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’...”

"The tree was decorated with balls bearing the names of all the female prisoners in the occupation's prisons"

Firing of Palestinian prisoner affairs minister sparks anger Political activists, families of prisoners and former prisoners have reacted angrily to the dismissal of Prisoner Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqe, who was replaced by fellow former prisoner Qadri Abu Bakr. In addition, the entire Prisoner’s...

Headline: "A presidential decision regarding the establishment of a committee to manage the [PLO] Commission of Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs" "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to establish a committee headed by Maj.-Gen. Qadri Abu Bakr to manage the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners'..."

Headline: “Reports on a presidential order regarding the dismissal of Karake from the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs” “Media sources have reported that [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to dismiss Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake from his position. The...”

Headline: “Presidential decision on establishing a committee to manage the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs led by Qadri Abu Bakr” “[PA] President of the State of Palestine and Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee Mahmoud Abbas has decided to establish a committee to manage the [PLO] Commission...”

Headline: “Following Rajoub’s threats – Issa Karake opens fire on ‘Abbas’ Authority’: I won’t apologize” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake published a fiery article in which he opened fire implicitly and explicitly at what was done against the prisoners in the...”

Evidence regarding Issa Karake, Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners Affairs’ connections to terror, terrorists and terror financing. (Aug. 1, 2018)

Headline: “Karake: The fact that Netanyahu welcomed the murderer of the two Jordanians and defended the execution of Al-Sharif encourages the murder of Palestinians and Arabs” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...”

Headline: “Ramallah and El-Bireh: Honoring the children of the prisoners who passed the matriculation exams” “Yesterday afternoon [July 23, 2018], the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs and the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club, in partnership with the Ramallah and El-Bireh...”

Official PA TV News, on the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs honoring the Palestinian prisoners children who excelled in the high school matriculation exams Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake: “This year, 900 prisoners in the prisons have also begun to take the...”

Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake on PA TV News: “This year, 900 prisoners in the prisons have also begun to take the matriculation exams, and more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners are registered in the Palestinian universities for a bachelor’s degree. In other words, the...”