Deposed Hamas-led Palestinian government announced on Thursday that it will soon pay full salaries to hundreds of the controversial executive security force members in the Gaza Strip.
Alla eldein el-Batta, chief of public employees' union in Gaza, said in a statement that the "government will pay later the salaries of the employees in the interior ministry who haven't been paid by Ramallah."
After Hamas seized control of Gaza in mid June by force, President Mahmoud Abbas deposed Ismail Haneya and his national unity government, and excluded them from any financial arrangements.
Abbas formed a caretaker government led by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to rule in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which was recognized by Arab and world leaders. Fayyad's government excluded most of Hamas employees in Gaza from getting paid.
"Those who dealt with the caretaker government (of Hamas) in the Gaza Strip will get paid. The executive force and the interior security and protection will be paid all their delayed salaries," said el-Batta, who is close to the Islamic movement.
He slammed Fayyad's government for depriving thousands of Palestinians from getting paid a regular salary, saying that " beside the hard living conditions, Fayyad cuts off salaries of poor people during Ramadan."
Ramadan, a holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayer in mosques and giving to the poor, began in most Muslim countries in the Middle East on Thursday.
The United States and Europe consider Hamas movement as a terrorist organization. They imposed embargo on money transfer of fund-raising from Arab and Islamic countries to the movement.
Source: Xinhua
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