PA Member of Parliament praises woman for marrying terrorist prisoner serving 8 life sentences for murder

PA Parliament Member Issa Karake: “Osama [Al-Ashqar]… was sentenced to 8 life sentences and 50 years… We salute precious Palestinian woman [Manar Khalawi] who tied her fate to the fighter bearing 8 life sentences (i.e., she married Al-Ashqar while he was imprisoned), but she is the one who drew out life, love, and hope from deep within him.”

[Official PA TV, Giants of Endurance, May 18, 2023]

Manar Khalawi got engaged to imprisoned terrorist murderer Osama Al-Ashqar in 2019 and married him in 2020. The terrorist murderer is still in prison.

Osama Al-Ashqar - Palestinian terrorist and member of the Tanzim (Fatah terror faction) who sent terrorists to carry out the attack in Hermesh on Oct. 29, 2002, in which 3 Israelis were murdered, and the attack in Kibbutz Metzer on Nov. 11, 2002, in which 5 Israelis were murdered. He was also convicted of being responsible for dozens of shooting attacks in the Tulkarem area. Al-Ashqar is serving 8 life sentences and an additional 50 years.

Issa Karake is a former Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and former PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs.