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Palestinians get cash boost from EU |
2008-08-21 |
RAMALLAH, West Bank - The European Union gave a financial boost on Wednesday to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to help Prime Minister Salam Fayyad pay public sector salaries. The 40 million euro ($59 million) injection of funds comes on top of the 440 million euros ($648 million) that the EU pledged for the Palestinians in 2008. Fayyad has struggled in recent months to pay government workers because many Arab donors have not met their financial commitments. "The situation is very, very tight, for sure," a top official from Fayyad's office said this week. A Palestinian official said the EU money would help Fayyad meet the next government payroll, due in the first week of September. Fayyad has been waiting for months to receive $80 million pledged by Kuwait but it is unclear when the funds will arrive in the Palestinian Authority's coffers, officials say. The EU money will also be used to pay |
Posted by:Steve White |
#5 tu, I think you just insulted whores. They provide a welcome and valuable service, which is more than the Palestinian Authority has ever done. |
Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-21 21:26 |
#4 The 40 million euro ($59 million) injection of funds comes on top of the 440 million euros ($648 million) that the EU pledged for the Palestinians in 2008. Yep. Way, way back in...ought-eight. Seems like only yesterday. Looks like their undying love doesn't last unless ya pay for it. Like a whore's. |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-21 15:23 |
#3 Ask Suha for a payday loan. |
Posted by: ed 2008-08-21 12:25 |
#2 Fayyad has struggled in recent months to pay government workers He has had plenty of money for Kassamas however. |
Posted by: JFM 2008-08-21 09:35 |
#1 EU Fills Terrorist Coffers |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-08-21 03:44 |