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“The [PA] national unity government said that the approval, as it were, that was given by the Israeli Ministerial [Committee for Legislation] to a bill on deducting the allowances (mukhassasat) of the Martyrs (Shahids) and prisoners from the Palestinian tax money and transferring them to settlers...”

Headline: “Karake: The law deducting the allowances (mukhassasat) of the prisoners, Martyrs, and wounded is robbery and aggression against our people” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake emphasized in a statement that: ‘We will not submit to the Israeli financial...”

Headline: "Karake: What Israel pays to criminals and criminal prisoners exceeds what is paid to the occupation's victims" “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the Israeli occupation government allots a large budget to aiding criminal...”

Headline: “During his visit to a number of prisoners and released prisoners’ families in Hebron – Karake: The Balfour Promise laid the foundations for the occupation’s brutal system of oppression” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the...”

“Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake thinks that the decision of occupation [Israeli] army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot to reduce the sentence of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria (see note below –Ed.), murderer of Martyr (Shahid) Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sharif (i.e., terrorist,...”

Headline: "Jericho: Muslim and Christian clergy prayed for the brave prisoners" "The Jericho and Jordan Valley district called on the sheikhs and priests to hold a prayer in solidarity with the prisoners who have been hunger striking these 20 days. [PA] Mufti of Palestine and the Islamic..."

"Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake warned the occupation's [Israeli] Prison Service not to oppress the hunger striking prisoners and treat them violently, and said that all options will be open if something bad happens to one of the prisoners. He..."

Headline: "Karake: The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs demanded an investigation of the circumstances of the death as a Martyr of prisoner Al-Jalad" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the commission has demanded the opening of an investigation of the..."

Headline: “Karake demands that the UN send an investigative committee for the occupation’s crimes against the prisoners” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that one of the reasons for the tension and anger on the Palestinian street and the...”

Headline: “The Israeli ‘terror law’ strives to steal the legitimacy of our people’s and prisoners’ struggle against the occupation. “Director of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake called to increase the Palestinian diplomatic and legal activity in order to deal with racist and...”

Headline: “Karake met with a delegation of Palestinians from Chile” “Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ and Released Prisoners Affairs Issa Karake briefed a delegation of Palestinians from Chile regarding the prisoners’ cause, and gave them a detailed explanation of all the crimes and attacks...”

Headline: “Karake: The occupation is the reason for the violence in the region and its targeting of children is racist and criminal” “Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and [PA Parliament Member] Issa Karake stated that the Israeli occupation is the main and only reason for violence...”

Headline: “75 countries throughout the world marked the birthday of the boy prisoner Ahmad Manasrah” “About 75 countries and websites throughout the world participated two nights ago (Friday-Saturday) in activities and events that demanded the release of the boy prisoner Ahmad Manasrah (i.e.,...”

Headline: “ Karake: I long to hear a voice within Israel calling to silence the racist incitement” “Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and PA Parliament Member [Issa Karake]… warned that the [Israeli] religious extremism’s take-over of the political, military, and security...”

This article describes Prisoners’ Affairs Director Issa Karake’s visit to the mother of imprisoned terrorists Nasser, Muhammad, Sharif and Nasr Abu Hmeid. Karake also visited this woman in 2010, and the PA honored her in 2011 by choosing her to launch the Palestinian statehood campaign: "During a..."

Headline: “Karake: ‘The occupation has ‎murdered more children than were ‎murdered in the Holocaust’”‎ ‎“[PA] Parliament (Legislative Council) ‎Member Issa Karake described Israel as a ‎Holocaust state that sanctifies death, ‎loathes peace and coexistence, and is ‎turning into a racist and fascist...”

“[PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa] Karake called the Israeli bill forbidding the release of prisoners a political injustice on the part of Israel, saying that it reflects the control of the racist, extremist right-wing trend in Israel... Karake noted that the Israeli government has tied its...”

‎“[PA] Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa ‎Karake said that at present, no one in ‎Israel or its government is really trying to ‎save the peace process – on the contrary, ‎racism and blind hate rule, and the Israeli ‎arena has been abandoned to the ‎extremists. In addition, he explained that ‎the...”

“[PA] Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake appealed to the Pope of the Vatican, Benedict XVI, to urgently interfere to save the lives of sick prisoners in the occupation prisons who are in extremely dangerous health conditions… Karake emphasized [in the letter] that the occupation authorities...”

In Turkey, senior political officials attended a communal meal to break the Ramadan fast with senior PA officials. Among the PA officials were: PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake, PA Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Palestinian Ambassador to...

Headline: “Karake: ‘Israel is the worst human rights violator and it exists in a state of isolation and frustration’” “Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the world has begun to understand that the state of Israel is among the worst human rights violators, carrying out many...”

"Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake, visited the home of the family of prisoner Ahed Abu Ghulma, in Ramallah… Karake said that the visit to Ahed's home was intended to draw attention to the policy of solitary confinement, considered one of the most oppressive and severe punishments against..."

Headline: "During his visit to family of prisoners Akram Mansour in Qalqilya and Du'a Al-Jiyousi in Tulkarem - Karake: A campaign of oppression and punishments in order to break the spirit of the [hunger] striking prisoners in the occupation's prisons" "Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake,..."

Headline: "Reviewed situation of prisoners in the occupation's prisons – Karake demands that Israel's legal and international legitimacy be revoked and that the tragic situation of the detainees be investigated" "Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake, called for the occupation state's legal..."

Headline: “During visit to families of sick prisoners Akram Mansour and Iyad Nasser, Karake: Israel is maliciously carrying out a crime against sick prisoners” “Yesterday, Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Karake, visited the Qalqilya home of prisoner Akram Abd Al-Aziz Mansour, who has served 33...”