PA minister attends tribute to released stabber
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“[PA] Minister of Prisoners’ [Affairs] Issa Karake said that the Israeli government has been carrying out organized crimes against the prisoners and is using them as a means to take revenge on the Palestinian people and its leadership, and as a tool of provocation…Karake said the Israeli government has been exploiting the prisoners financially, carrying out political provocation and putting pressure on the [Palestinian] leadership by revoking the prisoners’ rights and increasing the severity of the [disciplinary] measures used against them – all of which necessitates strict enforcement of what goes on behind the bars. Karake made his statements while visiting the prisoners released in the third phase [of prisoner releases], Mahmoud Da'ajneh and Ahmed Khalaf, who served over 20 years in prison in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem.”
Photo: [PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa] Karake during the tribute given to released prisoner Mahmoud Da’ajneh.
Mahmoud Da'ajneh participated in the murder of Sarah Sharon, who was stabbed to death in Holon on Jan. 20, 1993. He was serving a life sentence, but was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Ahmed Khalaf was serving a sentence of 21 years for aggravated assault, but was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.