Palestinians support paying terrorists more than civil servants – PA official
Muhammad Hamida, Economy Ministry Director in Bethlehem: “While we as [public] employees received a salary at a rate of 50%, before the war (i.e., 2023 Gaza war), the families of the prisoners and Martyrs (i.e., terrorists) received a full salary. The Palestinian leadership remains committed to this.It deducted amounts from regular employees and gave a full salary to the families of the prisoners and Martyrs... We are proud of the prisoners and their families as well as of the Martyrs and their families... This is a national question, a very important one, and it is a priority. No one in Palestine complains about why the families of the prisoners and the Martyrs get a full salary and we get half.”
[Official PA TV, July 16, 2024]