PA to pay civil servants portion of January salary
The Palestinian Authority will pay a portion of January's monthly wage for its civil servants on Monday, a spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance said.
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Abd al-Rahman Bayatna wrote on Facebook that government employees whose monthly wage is 2,000 shekels or less would be fully paid. Meanwhile, employees with bigger salaries will receive 60 percent of their wage equal to 2,000 shekels or more.
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Since Israel decided in December to withhold tax money which it collects from Palestinian merchants when they import goods via Israeli ports, the PA has started to face financial troubles and was unable to pay monthly wages to its civil servants.
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Earlier on Sunday the union of teachers in Nablus district in the northern West Bank announced that classes will be suspended after the fourth lesson in protest against the "Israeli piracy" of withholding PA tax revenue.
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The decision was rejected by the speaker of the general federation of teachers unions in the West Bank. Ahmad Suhweil said the decision "is wrong at this time and the secretary-general of the Nablus union will be held responsible for the decision.
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He added that the Nablus district made the decision without coordination with the general federation.
The Palestinian Authority will pay a portion of January's monthly wage for its civil servants on Monday, a spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance said.
Post time 14-2-2015 12:08 PM
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