Tuesday, May 30, 2006

IT SEEMS HAMAS HAS ENOUGH MONEY AFTER ALL

I WONDER WHERE IT CAME FROM...

Palestinian PM promises salaries in a few days
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh pledged on Tuesday to pay salaries within days to thousands of government employees who have not received wages since March as a result of an international funds freeze.

Haniyeh, in comments to his Hamas-led government, did not disclose the source of the funds. Palestinian banks have so far refused to transfer money to the Authority, fearing U.S. sanctions.
“I would like to announce that the Ministry of Finance will begin to pay a full month’s wages to those earning a monthly salary of up to 1,500 shekels ($332). The number of those employees is 40,000,” Haniyeh said.

He also promised to pay each of the other 125,000 government workers, who earn higher salaries, an advance of 1,500 shekels. The pledged payments could total nearly $55 million, a sum the government could partially meet using internal tax revenues.

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