(Middle East Monitor-UK) The Biden administration has proposed to President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian Authority should stop paying stipends to Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Arab48.com reported Wednesday. Biden suggested that the funds saved by cutting stipends be used for welfare payments. Israel's Channel 12 reported that a senior Palestinian official said Abbas recognizes that he has to stop paying stipends to the families of the prisoners. "Abbas is, however, looking for a mechanism to continue paying them without triggering Israeli or Western criticism." The Biden administration has apparently also pledged that it would accept the nomination of a PA legal advisor to represent the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington instead of reopening the PLO office which was closed by President Trump.
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