What’s New? The PLO Promises Jobs to Released Terrorists
Israeli soldiers guard along a fence leading to Judea and Samaria, as part of search efforts to capture six Palestinian terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison earlier this week, by the village of Muqeibila in northern Israel, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Upon Israel’s release of Palestinian terrorists from prison as part of the recent exchange deal with Hamas to free Israeli hostages, the PLO has continued to honor these murderers and terrorists.
One of the Palestinian Authority (PA)/PLO gestures toward the released terrorists — in addition to the generous “Pay-for-Slay” salaries they have been receiving throughout their imprisonment — is jobs. And not just ordinary jobs, but “employment in international civilian and military institutions in the service of their homeland and people,” according to the PLO itself:
Posted text: “… Emphasis was also placed on the prisoners’ full rights that are inviolable, the importance of their contribution to the reorganization of the internal situation of the [Fatah] Movement, and their employment in international civilian and military institutions in the service of their homeland and people.” [emphasis added]
[PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, Facebook page, March 9, 2025]
Palestinian Media Watch has exposed senior PA leaders’ warm welcome of the released terrorists and the many benefits they receive, including release grants from PA leader Mahmoud Abbas.
The glorification of the released “heroes” continues. Earlier this month, PA and Fatah leaders met with released terrorists for iftar — the Ramadan fast-breaking meal — during which they stressed their “appreciation for these heroes,” gifting them with “honorary plaques”:
“Attending the meal were Fatah Central Committee member and [Fatah] Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul ‘Abu Jihad,’ [Fatah] Central Committee member [and former PA Prime Minister] Muhammad Shtayyeh, Nablus [District] Governor Ghassan Daghlas, and Nablus Mayor Husam Al-Shakhshir…
Speeches were delivered that emphasized the leadership’s appreciation for these heroes who sacrificed their youth and the years of their lives while defending their mighty people’s honor and freedom.
Finally, honorary plaques were granted to the heroic released prisoners of whom we are proud.
Freedom to our heroic prisoners.” [emphasis added]
[PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs – Nablus Directorate, Facebook page, March 20, 2025]
Ramallah Governor Laila Ghannam, who is a known supporter of terrorists, has been active welcoming released terrorists, and she also met with released prisoner Hatem Al-Jayousi who was serving 6 life sentences for his involvement in the murder of six people:
Posted text: “With honor and pride, I received released prisoner Hatem Al-Jayousi who embraced freedom after 22 years of imprisonment in the occupation’s [i.e., Israel’s] prisons, where he served a sentence of 6 life imprisonments.”
[Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam, Facebook page, March 16, 2025]
The author is a senior analyst at Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.
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