With the blessings of the PA government, Abbas approves full pension salaries for released terrorist prisoners

Headline: “The [PA presidential] quintuple committee took care of most of the issues of the released prisoners”

“The supreme [PA] presidential quintuple committee (see note below -Ed.) appointed to take care of the released prisoners’ affairs completed its meeting yesterday afternoon, Thursday [June 10, 2021], which was meant to cover all the details relating to arranging their status.

The committee explained that everything concerning the prisoners and their affairs will be taken care of by the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs alone, and that paying the pension salary (rawatib) of the released prisoners at a rate of 100%was proposed by the quintuple committee and approved by [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas with the blessings of the [PA] government.

The committee added that medical insurance is ensured for all the released prisoner pensioners, and that the released prisoner pensioners will be issued a monthly salary slip.The released prisoner pensioners’ social allowances are also ensured for their wives and children as well.The committee said that any additional period of imprisonment will be added to the released prisoner’s years of pension, and that the file of a released prisoner pensioner who passes away will be transferred for reexamination in order to guarantee a dignified life for his family.”

The supreme PA presidential quintuple committee consists of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, the PA Ministry of Finance, the commission of organization and administration, the General Personnel Council, and the Pension Authority.