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Paleos storm Gaza parliment in riot over wages
 Thousands of Palestinian security men fired off automatic rifles and smashed windows at parliament in Gaza on Thursday in one of the biggest protests over unpaid wages since the Hamas government took office. Protesters criticized a plan by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who is also a senior leader of the Hamas Islamic militant group, to make partial salary payments to the lowest paid workers in the Palestinian Authority in the next few days. Haniyeh pledged on Tuesday to pay a full month's wages in a few days to 40,000 workers whose monthly salaries were less than NIS 1,500. [one New Israeli Shekel = about $0.25] He also promised to pay each of the other 125,000 government workers, who earn higher salaries, an advance of NIS 1,500. The finance minister later said it was unclear when workers who earn more would get their money. "The NIS 1,500 are not enough to pay debts, buy milk and diapers," said one banner stuck to the gate of parliament.
Posted by: mhw 2006-06-01 |
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