PA tightens purse strings on Hamas - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Member of the PLC’s Oversight Committee Huda Naim, who participated in the preparation of the report, told Al-Monitor what she considered as the “financial policies adopted by the PA to besiege and pressure Gaza. These policies are reflected in abolishing the customs code, constantly inciting regional circles against [Gaza], transferring the major companies’ financial centers from Gaza to Ramallah and practicing constrictive action on major companies to convert their tax revenues to the PA in the West Bank, and not in Gaza.”
The PA’s neglect toward Gaza is not only limited to the financial level — despite its seriousness — as political neglect is very clear. The PA is well aware that Hamas — which has been controlling the Gaza Strip since 2007 — is suffering from declining living conditions, and wants Palestinians to lash out at Hamas, although it knows full well that Hamas is not responsible for the deterioration of Gazans’ living conditions.
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