March 16, 2005 Mahmoud Abbas to release from custody all of the Palestinian terrorists

Mahmoud Abbas said that upon receiving security control of Jericho, he would release from custody all of the Palestinian terrorists who have been incarcerated there since May 2002.

Mahmoud Abbas went a step further.  He told the terror masters who are now based in Damascus that after the exit of Israeli forces and civilians from Gaza and the transfer of control over the international border with Egypt to the PLO, they would all be invited to move their headquarters to the Gaza Strip.

Source: Glick, Caroline. “Sharon’s Terror Masters.” The Jerusalem Post, March 18, 2005.