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Palestinian Police Storm Parliament Over Unpaid Wages
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employees have received little or no pay since Hamas swept to power in
elections last January





A Palestinian police officer fires into the air after he and others
stormed the Legislative Council building, during a protest to demand
their salaries from the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority in Gaza
CityHundreds of Palestinian police have stormed the parliament
building in Gaza City demanding unpaid salaries.

Witnesses say more than 1,000 police officers marched through city
streets Saturday.  Parliament guards, mostly from the ruling Hamas
radical movement, tried to block the crowd, but were pushed aside as
protesters fired shots in the air and chanted slogans.

Similar protests were held in other parts of the Gaza Strip and West
Bank.

Palestinian government employees have received little or no pay since
Hamas swept to power in elections last January.

Western donor nations to the Palestinian Authority have been
withholding aid after Hamas rejected demands to recognize Israel and
renounce violence.

The Palestinian leadership is preparing to decide its next move after
declaring an end to talks with Hamas on forming a national unity
government acceptable to Western donors.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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