Fatah deputy glorifies terrorist leaders, supports salaries to terrorist prisoners
Headline: “Al-Aloul: The leadership will not submit to any pressures regarding the prisoners’ rights and entitlements”
“Fatah Movement Deputy Chairman [and Fatah Central Committee member] Mahmoud Al-Aloul emphasized that the prisoners constitute the embodiment of our battle against the occupation, and that we will not relinquish their cause and their rights and entitlements, regardless of the pressures and blackmail that will be implemented against us. Al-Aloul said in an interview on the program Topic of the Day on [official] PA TV: ‘The prisoners have great value for our people and their topic is at the top of the leadership’s priorities, and the main point of the latest battle we are waging is the prisoners, as we have refused to relinquish them and their rights and entitlements.’ He added: ‘On Prisoner’s Day we remember those who have sacrificed their lives in the occupation’s prisons and their relatives and mothers who share their suffering.’
He also said: ‘The prisoners had and still have an important position in the souls of our people that sanctifies those who sacrifice for its freedom and independence,’ and noted the importance of the public activity for their cause and the aid for them. Al-Aloul emphasized that the leadership will not submit to any pressures or political blackmail regarding closing the prisoners’ issue. He said: ‘As long as there is an occupation, there are resistance, sacrifice, Martyrs (Shahids), and prisoners.’ He added that the occupation’s theft of the Palestinian money (refers to Israeli Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terrorist salaries; see note below –Ed.) has met with Palestinian refusal to relinquish the prisoners’ rights and [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas emphasizing that if we are left with just one penny we will allocate it to the Martyrs and prisoners. Al-Aloul emphasized that the prisoners’ issue is present in all circles, expressed appreciation for our people’s resolve given the difficult financial situation and the fact that the [PA] public employees are receiving 50% of their salaries as a result of the occupation’s theft of the Palestinian money, and viewed this as loyalty to the prisoners and their cause. On the day prisoner Marwan Barghouti (i.e., terrorist who orchestrated three attacks in which 5 were murdered) began his 18th year in the occupation’s prisons, Al-Aloul sent him and all of the prisoners a blessing, and emphasized that our people is loyal to the sacrifices they have made and will continue to struggle for their freedom as one of the basic Palestinian principles that cannot be relinquished. Regarding the 31st anniversary of the death as a Martyr of Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist responsible for the murder of 125 Israelis), Al-Aloul said: 'The passing of this great commander was a shock for everyone who experienced it and also for the entire Palestinian people, the Arab nation, the freedom movements in the world, and the peoples that are striving for freedom.' He added: ‘Abu Jihad created hope, and not one bit of despair ever entered his heart for even a moment. He believed that victory would come and always emphasized that it is expected to come at any moment. He was convinced of his view and spread hope among those around him; and he also believed in national unity [achieved] through [activity] on the ground, and that the main dispute is with the occupation.’”
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