"Overall, Qatar pledged to donate $150 million to the strip as part of what the Gulf nation calls the Qatar Development Fund"...
Breaks down this way:
$15 million/mo for 6 months =
a) salaries for 30,000 employees hired by Hamas for Gaza civil service govt positions, totalling $10 million/mo +
b) $5 million/mo for 50,000 needy people [$100 each/mo]
+
$10 million/mo for 6 months: fuel for Gaza Power Plant
$15 million/mo for 6 months =
a) salaries for 30,000 employees hired by Hamas for Gaza civil service govt positions, totalling $10 million/mo +
b) $5 million/mo for 50,000 needy people [$100 each/mo]
+
$10 million/mo for 6 months: fuel for Gaza Power Plant
Acc to @eliorlevy: "Qatar forwarded a list with the names of all 80,000 eligible public servants [30,000+ 50,000 defined as needy?] to the Israeli govt for approval. Following a thorough examination of the names, individuals ruled out by the Shin Bet were removed from the list"
"Members of Hamas' security apparatus are not eligible for the Qatari-funded salaries, since they normally also serve in Hamas's military wing".
"Any civil servant or needy person eligible to receive the money is required to present an identity card, fill out a form and give their fingerprints. The exact amount each person is entitled to is noted...Once all 80,000 forms are filled, they are photocopied + sent to Israel...
"...for additional examination".
"Some $186,000, which remained unclaimed, were deposited in a bank account belonging to the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza [to prevent unauthorized use of the funds]"...
This -->
Qatar "initially planned for the Palestinian Auth to buy the diesel from Israel tax-free through the UN, then resell it to the Gaza power plant w/ a 65% tax + pocket the difference. The PA, currently overwhelmed by financial woes, wld have turned a $39 million profit".
Qatar "initially planned for the Palestinian Auth to buy the diesel from Israel tax-free through the UN, then resell it to the Gaza power plant w/ a 65% tax + pocket the difference. The PA, currently overwhelmed by financial woes, wld have turned a $39 million profit".
"But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused to cooperate with Qatari authorities"..
So instead, Qatar will be sending into Gaza $10 million/mo for 6 months,
= $60 million in cash [total, through March 2019], for the Gaza Power Plant
So instead, Qatar will be sending into Gaza $10 million/mo for 6 months,
= $60 million in cash [total, through March 2019], for the Gaza Power Plant
"As a result, Qatar and the United Nations signed an agreement under which the latter will buy the fuel from Israel + transfer it to the strip’s power plant".
Acc to @eliorlevy
"To ensure the high-quality fuel reaches its destination without being replaced on the way by Hamas with cheap contaminated diesel, the UN accompanies each tanker from the moment it enters Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing until it reaches the Gaza Power Plant
"To ensure the high-quality fuel reaches its destination without being replaced on the way by Hamas with cheap contaminated diesel, the UN accompanies each tanker from the moment it enters Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing until it reaches the Gaza Power Plant
",,,Abbas tried to sabotage this move as well by putting pressure on the Israeli fuel companies + threatening to scrap agreements signed w/ the PA. Eventually, the UN signed a deal with a small Israeli company that has no contracts with the PA + was willing to sell fuel to Gaza"
According to @eliorlevy =
3 out of the 4 turbines in the Gaza power station have been re-started
[since the first Qatari dellvery of $10 million in Nov + now another $10 million
in Dec] =
ynetnews.com/articles/0,734…
3 out of the 4 turbines in the Gaza power station have been re-started
[since the first Qatari dellvery of $10 million in Nov + now another $10 million
in Dec] =
ynetnews.com/articles/0,734…
2nd thought: since it's probably as hard to take money out of Gaza as it is to bring money into Gaza, maybe the Qataris are paying the $60million directly to the [unnamed in report] "small Israeli company that has no contracts w/ PA + was willing to sell fuel to Gaza"?
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