Teachers' salaries are slashed in half by PA, while terrorists continue to receive pay
Headline: “Shtayyeh called on the Teachers’ Association to go back to the schools and finish teaching”
“[PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh met with members of the General Teachers’ Association yesterday, Thursday [Oct. 29, 2020], in his office in Ramallah, discussed the financial situation with them, and listened to their demands.
The association demanded that the prime minister pay the teachers’ salaries in full or at a higher rate than it is now, and that the banks not deduct the loan payments from the salaries…
The prime minister briefed the association on the general political situation and the successive crises that the occupation is imposing on our people and our cause, particularly the monetary crisis and its consequences on the financial situation (refers to PA response to Israel’s Anti “Pay-for-Slay” Law to deduct terror salaries; see note below –Ed.)…
The prime minister explained that at the beginning of the coming week the salaries will be paid at a rate of 50%, and that the [PA] Monetary Authority has asked the banks not to deduct any [loan] payments. He noted that in the coming months if the crisis does not end and the salaries are not dealt with, the rate of the payments will be increased.”