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Families of slain and detained Palestinians protest PA decision to stop allowances

Families of Palestinian detainees and those killed by Israeli forces staged a protest in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, against a decree by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas cancelling welfare payments for the families. 

Abbas issued the decree to cancel the “Martyrs’ Fund” in February, following immense pressure from the United States and Israel.