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Official PA TV filler, excerpt of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Oct. 28, 2018 speech about terrorist salaries

"Our Martyrs are heroes and our prisoners are heroes"

"If the PA won’t have a single penny aside from that, I will pay the Martyrs' families, the prisoners' families, and the families of the wounded"

"Our Martyrs and prisoners are the source of our glory and pride"

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "I say this to everyone – the salaries of our Martyrs, prisoners, and wounded are a red line. They [Israel] try by all means, and exert pressure by all means, and they continue to exert: 'It cannot be that you will pay.' And they’ll even deduct our money that’s in their..."

By Allah, even if we have only a penny left it will only be spent on the families of the Martyrs and the prisoners"

Official PA TV newsreader: “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed the continued payment of the allowances (mukhassasat) of the prisoners and the Martyrs’ (Shahids’) families…" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “The second point is the decisions made by the government of Israel recently, made by the...”"

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in speech to PLO Central Council: "There is something that the Americans are telling us to stop - the salaries of the Martyrs and the Martyrs' families. Of course we categorically reject this. We will not under any circumstances allow anyone to harm the families of the..."

PA TV News reader: “His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas authorized the work regulations of the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, which was phrased before it changed from a government ministry to a commission belonging to the PLO.” Click to view PMW's special report: Is the PA lying to...