The Palestinian Authority will delay paying the January wages of 137,000 public employees for at least two weeks because of a severe post-election budget deficit, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday, according to the AP. The Palestinian Authority needs $116 million to cover the monthly payroll. After the election victory of Hamas last Wednesday, Israel said it was suspending its monthly tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority, worth about $45 million dollars. Full Story
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