Abbas congratulated Haddad, noting that “the prisoners’ issue holds a special place in the priorities of the Palestinian leadership, that works to free all the prisoners from the occupation’s prisons.” Also at the meeting were Palestinian Presidency Secretary-General Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim, PLO Executive Committee member Saleh Rafat and Amjad Abu Asab, head of the committee of families of prisoners from eastern Jerusalem.
Adnan Ghaith, head of Fatah Revolutionary Council’s Jerusalem Committee, said: “The Fatah movement will remain faithful to our people’s rights, and will support the steadfastness of the prisoners and their families, who for the sake of the homeland have sacrificed what is most precious to them.”