Palestinian Authority Minister of Civil Affairs Hussien al-Sheikh says the PA has only five percent control of the Gaza Strip, despite a Palestinian reconciliation deal that calls for West Bank-based government to take full control of the enclave by December 1.
“The [PA] government until this moment, financially, administratively and security-wise, has not been setup [in Gaza] more than five percent,” Sheikh tells the official PA newscast.
Sheikh accuses Hamas of dragging their feet in implementing the deal, saying the terrorist group has not allowed PA ministers to take control of their offices in Gaza and that thousands of government employees who worked in Gaza’s ministries before the Hamas take over in 2007 have not returned to he work.
He also says the PA has not been able to set up an effective tax collection system, adding that Ramallah is “collecting crumbs” at the Kerem Shalom Crossing with Israel.
In a deal with the Hamas terror group signed last month in Cairo, Fatah, which controls the PA, signed a deal with Hamas that would end the group’s ten-year rule of the Strip.
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