Released prisoner attempted self-immolation because he didn’t qualify for a PA salary
Headline: “Released prisoner attempts self-immolation in Gaza because the ‘permanently unemployed’ clause does not apply to him”
“Director of prisoners’ affairs in the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs, Bassam Al-Majdalawi, confirmed to the Prisoners’ Center for Studies (Al-Asra) that released prisoner Ismail Shehadeh, 56, attempted self-immolation in the Ministry [of Prisoners’ Affairs’] offices in the Gaza Strip because the ‘permanently unemployed’ clause does not apply to him as it does to other released prisoners who served a similar prison term. Majdalawi told the Prisoners’ Center for Studies that the Ministry [of Prisoners’ Affairs’] office in Gaza submitted his file several times, and the Ministry and Finance Ministry dealt with the issue, and that it is still being processed.”
Note: According to the independent Al-Bayader newspaper: “The PA Ministry of Prisoners’ and Released Prisoners’ Affairs via the Finance Ministry, pays a monthly salary, under the ‘permanently unemployed’ clause, to released prisoners who spent over five years in the Israeli occupation prisons, consecutively or inconsecutively and to unemployed people in the public sector (civilian or military) so as to enable them to provide for themselves and lead a life of dignity.”
“Director of prisoners’ affairs in the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs, Bassam Al-Majdalawi, confirmed to the Prisoners’ Center for Studies (Al-Asra) that released prisoner Ismail Shehadeh, 56, attempted self-immolation in the Ministry [of Prisoners’ Affairs’] offices in the Gaza Strip because the ‘permanently unemployed’ clause does not apply to him as it does to other released prisoners who served a similar prison term. Majdalawi told the Prisoners’ Center for Studies that the Ministry [of Prisoners’ Affairs’] office in Gaza submitted his file several times, and the Ministry and Finance Ministry dealt with the issue, and that it is still being processed.”
Note: According to the independent Al-Bayader newspaper: “The PA Ministry of Prisoners’ and Released Prisoners’ Affairs via the Finance Ministry, pays a monthly salary, under the ‘permanently unemployed’ clause, to released prisoners who spent over five years in the Israeli occupation prisons, consecutively or inconsecutively and to unemployed people in the public sector (civilian or military) so as to enable them to provide for themselves and lead a life of dignity.”