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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...”

“At a press conference dealing with the occupation’s decision to deduct the prisoners’ allowances (mukhassasat) from the tax money (see note below –Ed.) and the administrative prisoners’ strike, a number of [Palestinian] spokesmen emphasized the need to oppose the Israeli ‘law’ that violates all of...”

Headline: “Karake demanded to allocate 10% of the [Palestinian] National Council seats to prisoners and released prisoners" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake yesterday [May 3, 2018] demanded in his speech before the [Palestinian] National Council...”

“The Qalqilya branch of the Fatah Movement, the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs, and the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club held a ceremony for Palestinian Prisoner’s Day and the anniversary of the death as a Martyr (Shahid) of Prince of Martyrs [Khalil Al-Wazir] Abu Jihad...”

Headline: “Bethlehem: Vigil of solidarity with prisoner living-Martyr Muhammad Al-Tous” “The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club, the Hebron and Bethlehem branches of the Fatah Movement, and the Released Prisoners’ Union held a vigil of solidarity and loyalty for...”

Headline: “Ramallah: Honoring the mothers of prisoners [serving] life sentences in the occupation’s prisons” “The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs and the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club, in partnership with the Ramallah and El-Bireh district and Fatah Movement branch,...”

Headline: "The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners' Affairs opens the Roses for the Female Prisoners of Freedom Park in Al-Eizariya for International Women's Day" "The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners' Affairs - together with the [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Al-Eizariya Municipality, the..."

Headline: “[PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs conference on the occupation’s terror and the racist laws against the prisoners” “The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs held a conference in Ramallah yesterday afternoon [Feb. 27, 2018] on the topic of ‘Israeli terror and legislation of racist...”

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: The time in the black prison have not succeeded in overcoming our prisoners' will to live" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’Affairs Issa Karake said that the long years in the black prison have not succeeded in overcoming the will of our brave prisoners in the..."

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: “Karake demands to publish a legal opinion regarding the legal status [of the prisoners]” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake demanded to act to publish a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding the legal status of the...”

Headline: “Karake: The occupation is striving to delegitimize the prisoners’ legal rights” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs [Issa Karake] said that the arbitrary and severe Israeli steps against the prisoners – who are covered by a series of Israeli...”

“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: “During his visit with families of prisoners and released prisoners on the eve of Eid Al-Adha – Karake: 6,500 prisoners are sitting in the prisons, the [number of] arrests since the beginning of the year is unprecedented” “[Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa] Karake...”

Headline: "The [PLO] Commission ofPrisoners' Affairs announces the names of the winners of the 2017 Freedom Prize competition" "The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners' Affairs yesterday [Aug. 27, 2017] announced the names of the winners of the 2017 Freedom Prize competition, which is organized every..."

"[Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners' Affairs Issa] Karake mentioned the situation of the family members of wounded prisoner Omar Al-Abd (i.e., terrorist, murdered 3), residents of the village of Kubar in the Ramallah sub-district. In a visit he paid to the family, together with a delegation..."

“Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs [Issa Karake]… emphasized that the Palestinian prisoners are freedom prisoners, resistance members, and legal fighters who fought against the Israeli occupation and terror.”

“Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake emphasized that it is necessary to ensure international protection for the prisoners and force the occupation state, Israel, to respect international law and the prisoners' rights… Karake emphasized that the vast majority of the...”

Headline: “Karake: The issue of the prisoners is a black box filled with the occupation’s crimes” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that the Palestinian leadership, led by [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, continues to protect the legal right of...”

Headline: "Wreaths of flowers on the grave of Abu Sukkar on the anniversary of his death" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake, Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam, and Chairman of the [PA-funded] Prisoners' Club Qadura Fares laid wreaths of flowers on..."

Headline: “The perpetrator of the Oyoun Kara massacre receives 11,000 shekels a month from the occupation government” As a justification for their glorification of terror, Palestinian leaders often falsely claim that Israel honors Jews who murder Palestinians – Ed. “Director of [PLO] Commission of...”

Headline: "Karake: An unprecedented Israeli legal attack against the prisoners' rights" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake warned against the consequences of the unprecedented legal and diplomatic attack that the Israeli occupation government is carrying out against the..."

Headline: "Karake: The incitement against the aid to the families of the prisoners and Martyrs is aggression against the Palestinian entity" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs [Issa Karake] said that the Israeli incitement against the aid that the PA gives to..."

Headline: "Erekat: The Netanyahu government wants to divert the world's gaze from the continuation of the occupation" "Yesterday evening [June 15, 2017] the PLO Department for Negotiations held a feast to break the [Ramadan] fast for families of the prisoners in the occupation's prisons in the..."