Fatah power struggle leads to missing paychecks in Gaza
By Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was haunted last week by the Arabic saying “cutting livelihood is worse than cutting necks.†Abbas had stopped payment on the salaries of more than 200 security officers suspected of being loyal to renegade Fatah leaderMohammed Dahlan. When the Palestinian government transferred 60% of December salaries on Jan. 20, 220 Gaza-based security […]