Palestinian Authority May Not Be Able to Pay Employees Their Wages

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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Hit by waning support from fatigued donor nations, the Palestinian Authority has been forced to borrow from banks to pay salaries to its 125,000 employees and may be unable to meet its February payroll, the economy minister said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, an Israeli settler was shot dead in a West Bank ambush, and a Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian Authority May Not Be Able to Pay Employees Their Wages

With unemployment rampant outside the public payroll, Palestinians could be facing unprecedented economic collapse after three years of conflict with Israel.

"We took loans from the bank for the past couple of m...

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