Palestinians to keep paying prisoner stipend despite Israeli penalty
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday his government would keep paying stipends to Palestinians jailed by Israel, their families, and the families of those killed by Israeli forces despite a new Israeli law to penalize the policy.