PA pays former prisoners $10,000-$50,000 upon release

In addition to monthly salary paid by Palestinian Authority, 
Palestinian prisoners serving time in Israel jails receive 
massive prison 'severance package' that can reach up to $60,000. 
In one case, PA even picked up bill for prisoner's wedding

by Elior Levy
November 18, 2013
Ynet

The 104 Palestinian prisoners - some of which have already been 
released as part of goodwill gestures taken by Israel to promote 
peace talks with the Palestinians - will receive massive benefits 
from the Palestinians Authority.

All those prisoners released during the second batch of prisoner 
releases which took place last month received a whooping $50,000 
from the authority for their time spent in jail. 

In addition, every prisoner who served more than 25-years in an 
Israel prison will receive the status - and subsequent perks - 
of deputy minister in the PA or the rank of a military general, 
both worth a monthly stipend of 14,000 NIS (roughly $3,975). 

Those prisoners that served only 15-25 years in jail will receive 
the status of a ministry director general or military rank of a 
brigadier general - worth 10,000 NIS (roughly $2,840) a month.

Issa Abed Rabbo, the veteran most prisoner of the group, 
will receive an additional one time grant of $60,000, and in addition, 
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promised him that the PA 
would pick op the check for his expected weeding. 

The defense establishment believes that granting former prisoners 
such fund might encourage radical and poor Palestinians to turn 
to terror in a bid to get incarcerated and secure such funds for 
their families in the future.

It is worth noting that any Palestinian serving time in an Israeli 
prison for security related offences receives a monthly salary 
from the PA which varies in according to the sentence being served.

At the end of last month, 26 out of the 104 Palestinian prisoners 
were released as part of the second batch of such releases. 
The prisoners were welcomed by Abbas as heroes and were 
photographed waving to cheering crowds in Ramallah, 
rising their hands in a v-sign to mark victory.

At the time, Abbas vowed to continue his efforts to ensure that 
all prisoners are released, and that he will not sign any agreement 
with Israel until all prisoners are released. "There will not be 
an agreement with Israel even if one prisoner remains behind bars," 
he said.