Palestinians Screwed Again

Despite claims that they would provide payments to 40,000 workers just 24 hours ago, Hamas is admitting that it can't make payroll after all. Guess they didn't have enough bagmen to smuggle in the cash.

The Hamas-led Palestinian government does not have enough money to pay tens of thousands of employees, the finance minister said Wednesday, pulling back from a pledge to begin paying long-overdue salaries to all workers in the coming days.

The announcement raised the possibility of new unrest in the impoverished Palestinian areas.

In a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday the government planned to begin paying the workers.

On Wednesday, however, Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek said the government has raised enough money in tax revenues to pay just 40,000 workers.