PLO official: Arab nations should cease all “normalizations” with Israel; "Heroic" prisoners' salaries will still be paid
Headline: “The Arab parliaments unanimously agree that it is necessary to stop the rapprochement with Israel and adhere to the Arab Peace Initiative and the centrality of the Palestinian cause”
“The participants in the 29th conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, which Jordan is hosting, demandedto support the Palestinians by stopping all forms of rapprochement and normalization with the Israeli occupier…
In his speech, Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) Chairman Salim Al-Za’anoun demanded that the union adhere to the decisions of the Arab Summit conferences and the Arab Peace Initiative, which ban any form of Arab normalization with the Israeli occupation state at any level before its complete withdrawal from the Palestinian and Arab territories that have been occupied since 1967,and before the resolution of the problem of the Palestinian refugees in accordance with [UN] Resolution 194 (see note below –Ed.)…
He added that Israel is attempting to harm the sanctity of the Palestinian struggle and is stealing the Palestinian tax money (refers to Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terrorist salaries; see note below –Ed.) on the pretext that some of it goes to taking care of the families of the heroic Martyrs (Shahids), the wounded, and the prisoners. Al-Za’anoun emphasized that they will continue to take care of these heroes as a national duty and legal obligation that applies to all of us, because they are the symbol of self-sacrifice.”