The Biden administration in Washington has proposed to President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian Authority ought to cease paying stipends to Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Arab48.com reported on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden has as a substitute prompt that the funds saved by chopping the stipends might be used for welfare funds.
In keeping with Israeli TV studies, a senior Palestinian official mentioned that Abbas recognises that he has to cease paying stipends to the households of the prisoners. “Abbas is, nevertheless, searching for a mechanism to proceed paying them with out triggering Israeli or Western criticism,” he added.
Channel 12 identified that the proposal has not been confirmed by the PA. Nameless sources mentioned that it has been prompt that the PA ought to classify prisoners over 60 years previous as “retired PA staff” and people beneath 60 as “PA staff”.
The Biden administration has apparently additionally pledged that it could settle for the nomination of a PA authorized advisor to signify the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Washington as a substitute of reopening the PLO workplace which was closed by the US president’s predecessor, Donald Trump.
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