Hamas issued a statement urging Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to urgently review and cancel policies that halt salaries for Palestinian prisoners and released detainees, describing prisoners as a national symbol of sacrifice. The demand opposes external conditions attached to PA funding.
Hamas issued a statement Friday evening calling on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to conduct an urgent review of decisions taken against Palestinian prisoners and released detainees, and to cancel the policy of halting their salaries. Hamas described prisoners as 'the symbol of the Palestinian people and the symbol of sacrifice for freedom,' and rejected external conditions that it said link PA funding to these measures. The statement reflects a political split between the PA and Hamas over the prisoner issue, which has become a recurring point of tension amid the PA's financial crisis and its relationship with international donors.
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