Palestinian Authority rejects Iranian offer to 'trade in the suffering' of Palestinians

Earlier this week, Iran's ambassador to Lebanon said that Tehran would offer $7,000 to the families of each Palestinian killed in what he called the "Al-Quds Intifada."

A Palestinian woman walks past a wall with graffiti depicting a gunman from the Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in the West Bank village of Awarta. The graffiti reads "All of us are martyrs."

(photo credit: ABED OMAR QUSINI/REUTERS)

ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

FEBRUARY 27, 2016 02:16

Updated: FEBRUARY 28, 2016 02:09

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