Qatar to pay wages of Palestinian education workers

Good for Qatar. The children shouldn't suffer because the politicians can't solve problems.

Qatar will pay the salaries of 40,000 Palestinian education workers for several months, the Palestinian prime minister said on Sunday, helping to ease an economic crisis caused by a Western aid boycott.

"Qatar will pay the salaries of all the education employees, who are 40,000. This amount will total $22.5 million per month for the coming several months starting now," Ismail Haniyeh said, adding that Qatar was also studying giving an additional $7 million per month to the Palestinian health sector.

Haniyeh told reporters in Doha a Qatari delegation would travel to the Palestinian territories in 10 days to discuss setting up an Islamic bank with a $50 million capital to finance development there.

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