Abbas sends greetings to “heroic prisoners” and their families, PA “will continue to pay their allowances”

Official PA TV, broadcast of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the PA memorial ceremony for former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Greetings, many greetings are sent to our heroic prisoners and to their family members whom we will not abandon and will continue to pay their allowances (mukhassasat), even if they are the last thing we have.”