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Fatah: Stopping Payment to Families of "Martyrs" and Prisoners Is Out of the Question
(MEMRI-TV) Husein Al-Sheikh, a member of Fatah's Central Committee, told PA TV on May 7: "The Israelis conducted a powerful campaign, especially with regard to...the salaries paid by the PLO to the prisoners and the families of the martyrs....All the American and other parties talked to Mahmoud Abbas about this, and his response was decisive. We said that this issue was not up for discussion at all....The chairman's response was categorically opposed."