Thursday, August 02, 2007

Revenues released by Israel are paid to Hamas

From JPost.com » Middle East » Aug. 1, 2007 by KHALED ABU TOAMEH [my emphasis added - SL]...

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh ...received [a salary payment] from ...Palestinian Authority government of Salaam Fayad....

... Last week the Fayad government [in Samaria] announced that all the legislators would receive their salaries, including those belonging to Hamas's Reform and Change List.

The decision to pay the salaries was taken after Israel released hundreds of millions of shekels of tax revenues collected on behalf of the PA. A PLC member makes from $2,500 to $3,500 a month.....

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