This pledge follows earlier promises of thousands of dollars in grants, according to this report. Where is he getting the money for it?
It also follows praise from Abbas for the former prisoners' "steadfastness in the face of Israeli arrogance." Remember, this is the "moderate" guy. "Abbas to build homes for prisoners released for Schalit," by Khaled Abu Toameh for the Jerusalem Post, November 5:
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to build houses for the Palestinian prisoners who were released in the Gilad Schalit exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.
The new housing project will be funded by the Palestinian Investment Fund, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Embezzlement:
The fund was established in 2003 as an independent investment company with the aim of strengthening the Palestinian economy through key investments.
The announcement came during a meeting between Abbas and some of the released prisoners in his office in Ramallah on Saturday.
Earlier, Abbas decided to award the prisoners financial grants of several thousand dollars for each inmate.
The prisoners will receive up to $5,000 from the PA and $2,000 from the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip.
During the meeting with the prisoners, Abbas said that the issue of the prisoners was at the top of the PA’s list of priorities. He said that PA negotiators raise the issue in all meetings and forums.
Abbas hailed the prisoners’ “steadfastness in the face of Israeli arrogance.”
He also repeated his claim that former prime minister Ehud Olmert had promised to release Fatahaffiliated [sic] prisoners after the release of Schalit in order to strengthen the PA.
We knew this would happen, right?
If not, what world were you living in?
It is part of their strategy to confuse and irritate.
Rewarding criminals. . that's written into the Muhammadan way. .institutionalized, in the sickest sense.
If the Palestinian president wants to build new houses for the criminals released from Israeli prisons fine. But let him do it with funds that didn't come from the US. It shows a total disregard for the purpose of the fund. No more US dollars to the Palestinians period.
it is the arrogance of abbas that is disgusting.. the world can see through him, rewarding baby killers!
Cut aid to Muslims. Period.
This is great! They'll all be living in one defined space, easy for the Israelis to track, observe, intercept and eliminate. The fakestinians are so stupid it's pathetic - but their stupidity works to our advantage!
A few months ago, Rasool Obama and Rasooless Hillary 'gave' Abbas $150,000,000 of taxpayers money to help him with his 'budget short fall'...I wonder how many US taxpayers dollars are going to fund these rewards?...
The new housing project will be funded by the Palestinian Investment Fund, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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The prisoners will receive up to $5,000 from the PA and $2,000 from the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip.
"Palestinian Investment Fund," my @$$. The Palestinians have no significant source of income derived from useful trade or commerce. Indeed, they have no concept of this, are incapable of creating an economy that focuses on productive work and trade (point out a single instance of a product "made in Palestine" - suicide bombs don't count) instead of jihad, and instead rely on jizya from the West to subsidize them and their warped agenda.
This money derives primarily from U.S. "aid" pure and simple, courtesy of the American taxpayer. In a just world, these taxpayers would have a say in whether their money is spent in this manner, and it would be stopped immediately.
instead we should give him a 150 milion ton explosive and got rid of them.
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CGW right on, great minds think alike. A subdivision for terrorists, Hummm !!! What name should we give it? Explosive Estates? Rocket Rancho's? Let's have some fun with this>
Abbas to build homes for prisoners freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit
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"Palestinians" have a fit when Israel builds a new apartment building—but snazzy new digs for *Jihadists* are just fine...
The P A 's expenses are paid for with OUR $$$
and here I thought we weren't doing enough for our homeless....
A target-rich environment!