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PA said preparing to cut welfare stipends to 80,000 families in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian Authority is reportedly continuing its policy of pressuring Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, through cuts to its financial support for Gazoo, this time by planned cuts to welfare subsidies for poor families in the Strip.According to the Haaretz daily, citing a source "close to [Paleostinian Authority President] the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... ," some 80,000 Gazoo families receive several thousand shekels each month in welfare stipends from the PA. About 60,000 are "linked to Hamas," the source is quoted as saying. "Their financial situation is relatively good and they don’t need the stipend, while the remaining families have additional sources of income." The cuts to the "Hamas-linked" families are likely to be permanent, the source indicates, while those for non-Hamas recipients are temporary. Qatar says it will keep aiding Hamas-ruled Gaza [IsraelTimes] A Qatari envoy said the energy-rich nation will continue development projects in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, despite a rift with its Gulf neighbors stemming in part from its ties with the group. Mohammed El-Amadi spoke as he signed a new agreement with a Palestinian contractor to build eight residential buildings. Qatar has been the largest single donor to Gaza over the past five years, disbursing about a half billion dollars for housing, reconstruction, infrastructure development, and health projects. Saudi Arabia and its allies have pressed Qatar to end its support to the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood movement, the historical parent of Hamas. Hamas seized control of Gaza from forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-12 |
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