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October 8, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://palwatch.org/page/18260

Released Terrorists Are Paid by PA for Doing Nothing

(Palestinian Media Watch) Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch - Qadri Abu Bakr, Director of the PA-funded Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs, told Ma'an News in an interview: "A prisoner is released from prison and receives a released prisoner's salary, without working and without doing anything....We have 7,000-8,000 released prisoners who are receiving a salary like this." According to an official pay scale, all terrorists released after 5 years in prison receive a starting salary equivalent to that of an officer. Someone released after 10 years is paid as a lieutenant colonel and after 20 years is paid as a brigadier-general. The writer served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps, including as Director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria.

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