Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has mourned Qadri Abu Bakr, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, who died in a tragic traffic accident in the northern West Bank. 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," praising his role and work for the Palestinian state.