(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority has decided to stop paying salaries to 169 Palestinians in Gaza including many Fatah members, sources said on Friday. One Palestinian source said the latest PA move will affect Palestinians believed to be affiliated with deposed Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan, an outspoken political opponent and critic of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Another source said that dozens of former Palestinian security prisoners have also been told that they will no longer be receiving their salaries from the PA. Most are affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad but were on the PA payroll.
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