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Qatar Donates Cash to Pay Hamas Civilian Staff in Gaza
(New York Times) Fares Akram and Jodi Rudoren - Qatar has donated $30 million to be distributed in the amount of $1,200 each to about 24,000 Hamas public workers, excluding the security forces, Mamoun Abu Shahla, the PA minister of labor, said Tuesday. Robert F. Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, arranged the system, amid concerns that direct PA involvement could lead to a backlash from international donors, including the U.S., that consider Hamas a terrorist organization.