Anger as Palestinian Authority cuts Gaza salaries and pays late

Reuters ^ | May 3, 2018 | by Nidal al-Mughrabi

[Oldeconomybuyer]

GAZA - The Palestinian Authority cut salaries for its staff in Gaza by 20 percent on Thursday and failed to make up for skipping the previous month’s pay, leaving civil servants in the impoverished territory fuming they were pawns in a factional power struggle.

Some 38,000 civil servants in the Gaza Strip learned of the new disruptions to their incomes upon arriving at their banks on payday, intent on withdrawing cash ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins on May 16.

Last month, they were not paid at all. Many were hoping for two months pay this month, but instead received a reduced rate of a single month’s pay, with no explanation.

PA salaries in the other Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, were paid in full.

Islamist group Hamas seized control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, prompting Israel and Egypt to clamp down on the territory, where 2 million people live under a de facto blockade with the world’s highest unemployment rate.

[wbarmy]

Gee, is the money running out? I’ll bet the leadership got their paychecks.

[rightwingcrazy]

This terror charade ends when the West stops paying for it.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

...leaving civil servants in the impoverished territory fuming they were pawns in a factional power struggle.

This comedy writes itself.

[null and void]

Saudi cut off funding, blame the Joooooooos!!!!

[ClearCase_guy]

Uh Oh! Now we’ve got angry Palestinians in the Middle East!!!!!!!

Must be Thursday.

[Berosus]

Why is the PA paying salaries in Gaza when Hamas is in charge there? Let Hamas pay, instead of spending the money on tunnels.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

“...38 thousand civil servants” could be the problem.

[Little Ray]

As long as it ends with them blowing each other up...

[ExGeeEye]

I never could get the hang of Thursdays...

[SunkenCiv]

"Let's see... who have we not pissed off... got to keep the gravy flowing..."

Thanks Oldeconomybuyer.

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[Joe Boucher]

Didn’t The Donald cut financial aid to the palestinians cause they pay martyrs families?
Go kill some Jews get killed and Abbas pays the family.

[SJackson]

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Is this the fault of Israel or the US? Both?