Fatah tweets Abbas quote that he would not stop terrorists’ salaries “even if it costs me my job”

Text and image tweeted from the official Fatah Twitter account

Tweeted text: "I will not stop the allowances (mukhassasat) of the families of the prisoners and the released prisoners even if it costs me my job and the presidency, and I will defend them until the last day of my life."

The image shows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque behind him and a keffiyeh (Arab headdress) pattern in the background.

In the upper right corner is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas, and below which is written:

"Fatah Movement

Commission of Mobilization

Office of Information"

Text on image:

"‘I will not stop the allowances of the families of the prisoners and the released prisoners even if it costs me my job and the presidency, and I will defend them until the last day of my life.’

[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine"