President Mahmoud Abbas has mourned Qadri Abu Bakr, the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, who passed away this afternoon in a tragic traffic accident in the occupied West Bank province of Salfit. The President eulogized Abu Bakr “as a strong freedom fighter who has spent his life defending Palestine, its cause, its people, and its independent national decision.” “Abu Bakr has stood at the forefront, defending the causes of his country and his people in all areas of national action and struggle, and in the international arenaa, since the early times of the [Palestinian] national movement,” added President Abbas. The President expressed his deep condolences to the family of Abu Bark, the whole people of Palestine and all the free people of the world on the passing away of the Palestinian freedom fighter. Born in the town of Biddya in January 1953, Abu Bakr assumed the position of the Chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission in 2018 until his death today. He was imprisoned for 17 years by the Israeli occupation authorities for his role in the resistance of the Israeli occupation.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA