Abbas: PA will not disarm Hamas, pays salaries to 60-70 thousand civil servants who aren't working
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "Since [Hamas’] coup against the PA (in 2007), and until today, we��ve been transferring more than 50% of our [PA] budget to Gaza, including [salaries] to 60-70,000 [PA] civil servants who aren’t working. They are [in the Gaza Strip] and are receiving salaries. We pay them..."