Government employees in Gaza and the West Bank face continuing delays in getting their salaries paid, and have announced a series of protests.

According to the Ma’an News Agency, “Government and public-sector employees announced a two-hour sit in scheduled for Tuesday across the West Bank and Gaza Strip as salaries remain unpaid, the union chief said Monday.  Employees will gather outside the cabinet building in Ramallah and the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza, Bassam Zakarneh said. ‘The Ministry of Finance continues to target the employees’ pockets in favor of the World Bank. It stopped paying the annual premium, the cost of living allowance while raising prices, taxes and charges,’ he said.”