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(Los Angeles Times) Maher Abukhater - The Palestinian Union of Public Employees warned the Palestinian Authority on Monday that it may call a general strike if the PA fails to come up with a plan by July 26 on how it intends to pay salaries, without interruption, to more than 150,000 civil and military personnel. In June, the PA paid only half of the salaries. Three weeks into the new month, it has not yet been able to pay the other half. The head of the public employees union, Bassam Zakarneh, has charged that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been able to pay for projects and trips abroad for his ministers, but that when it comes to salaries, Fayyad says he does not have the money. Zakarneh even said that if Fayyad is unable to pay salaries, how can he claim that the PA will be ready for statehood in September when it plans to ask the UN for recognition. All the PA can do now is appeal for help from the donors, mainly the Arab countries whose aid has dropped. Some analysts, however, believe that the donors are using the aid to pressure the PA to drop plans to ask for UN recognition. 2011-07-21 00:00:00Full Article
PA Financial Crisis Causing Public Concern
(Los Angeles Times) Maher Abukhater - The Palestinian Union of Public Employees warned the Palestinian Authority on Monday that it may call a general strike if the PA fails to come up with a plan by July 26 on how it intends to pay salaries, without interruption, to more than 150,000 civil and military personnel. In June, the PA paid only half of the salaries. Three weeks into the new month, it has not yet been able to pay the other half. The head of the public employees union, Bassam Zakarneh, has charged that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been able to pay for projects and trips abroad for his ministers, but that when it comes to salaries, Fayyad says he does not have the money. Zakarneh even said that if Fayyad is unable to pay salaries, how can he claim that the PA will be ready for statehood in September when it plans to ask the UN for recognition. All the PA can do now is appeal for help from the donors, mainly the Arab countries whose aid has dropped. Some analysts, however, believe that the donors are using the aid to pressure the PA to drop plans to ask for UN recognition. 2011-07-21 00:00:00Full Article
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