PA anxious to pay salaries to thousands of new terrorist prisoners

Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “The occupation (i.e., Israel) is preventing the Red Cross from visiting the prisoners, and as a result, the Red Cross cannot provide the document given to new or veteran prisoners showing that they are still in prison. This is the document that we established in our [prisoners’ law] regulations as a main document [to confirm salary eligibility], albeit not the only one. Currently, there are thousands of new prisoners (i.e., terrorists arrested since the start of the 2023 Gaza war) and they cannot continue to be dependent on Israel, since Israel is preventing the Red Cross, we have implemented an emergency measure to put the matter in order, and a decision was made that there is no need for the document from the Red Cross to open a file [for a prisoner’s salary] starting from Jan. 1, 2024, until April 30.” 

[Official PA TV, Jan. 31, 2024]

Qadura Fares also serves as Chairman of the Prisoners’ Club and is a former PA minister without portfolio and former member of PA Parliament.

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