Palestinians reject US charge of increased prisoner stipends
Palestinian Authority fiscal records show no marked increase in assistance for prisoners and detainees
11 July 2019 - 16:01
Jerusalem — The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority has denied US allegations that it increased payments to families of militants in Israeli jails, and said the main obstacle to peace was Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
US officials have criticised the Palestinian Authority’s prisoner stipends as fanning Palestinian violence, and US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said the authority had increased those payments by 11% in the first months of 2019...
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