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Mosby

(16,306 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 03:28 PM Jun 2014

Rights group 'deeply concerned' over closure of Gaza banks

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Center for Human rights said Tuesday that it is "deeply concerned" over the continued closure of banks in the Gaza Strip, urging all parties to find a solution.

Banks have been closed for six days by Gaza security forces in protest against the non-payment of salaries to employees of the former Hamas-run government by the new unity government.

Employees of the previous government see it as Ramallah's responsibility to pay their salaries, a point of contention yet to be worked out by the new government.

Several shop-owners in Gaza said Tuesday that security forces had even confiscated MasterCard machines from shops and stores to prevent customers from using them.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=703776

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Rights group 'deeply concerned' over closure of Gaza banks (Original Post) Mosby Jun 2014 OP

We'll see but for now there is a response: Hamas: Gaza banks to re-open Wednesday Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #1

Gaza banks open gradually after week of closure Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #2

Jefferson23

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1. We'll see but for now there is a response: Hamas: Gaza banks to re-open Wednesday

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 03:32 PM

Jun 2014

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Banks in the Gaza Strip will re-open Wednesday, Hamas political bureau member Moussa Abu Marzouq said Tuesday.

He added that the salary crisis in Gaza would be resolved by the end of the month.

Abu Marzouq said in a statement after a meeting in northern Gaza that banks would re-open for Palestinian Authority employees on Wednesday.

He added that Gaza employees who were hired during the Hamas government rule will receive the salaries in the coming few days.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=703842

Jefferson23

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2. Gaza banks open gradually after week of closure

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Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:42 AM

Jun 2014

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Banks in the Gaza Strip gradually began operating on Wednesday after a week of closure, a Palestinian official said.

Jihad al-Wazir, governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority, told Ma'an that clients had begun to withdraw money as Hamas-affiliated police officers were given orders to allow banks to open.

Hundreds of Palestinian Authority government employees lined up at banks to withdraw their salaries, a Ma'an reporter said.

The banking crisis started last Wednesday when Hamas employees of the former Gaza government were angered to find out they had not been paid, with Hamas-affiliated police officers preventing PA employees from collecting their wages.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=703937

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