Hmm, wonder who will come up with the money in the long run to give to Hamas.
Palestinian reconciliation pact threatened by disunity
BY NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
GAZA Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:35pm EDT
(Reuters) - A leader from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas accused President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party on Tuesday of jeopardising a reconciliation deal, just a week after a unity government was formed to end their feuding.
Problems between the two sides surfaced just days after the new administration took office, when it failed to pay some 40,000 civil servants hired by Hamas in Gaza, saying the employees had to be vetted before receiving their salary.
Angry police loyal to Hamas in the Gaza Strip ordered the closure of all banks in the coastal enclave until the issue was resolved, dealing a fresh blow to an already sickly economy.
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Palestinian reconciliation pact threatened by disunity | Reuters
Palestinian reconciliation pact threatened by disunity
BY NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
GAZA Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:35pm EDT
(Reuters) - A leader from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas accused President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party on Tuesday of jeopardising a reconciliation deal, just a week after a unity government was formed to end their feuding.
Problems between the two sides surfaced just days after the new administration took office, when it failed to pay some 40,000 civil servants hired by Hamas in Gaza, saying the employees had to be vetted before receiving their salary.
Angry police loyal to Hamas in the Gaza Strip ordered the closure of all banks in the coastal enclave until the issue was resolved, dealing a fresh blow to an already sickly economy.
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Palestinian reconciliation pact threatened by disunity | Reuters
