Hamas tjänstemän betalas i smyg – med kaffe och kontanter
En stor del av de civilanställda inom Gazas Hamaskontrollerade myndigheter har förlorat jobbet sedan krigsutbrottet. De som har lyckats behålla sina tjänster får betalt i smyg, rapporterar AFP som har intervjuat flera Hamastjänstemän mot löfte om anonymitet.
Enligt tjänstemännen utgår betalningen i kontanter, motsvarande en bråkdel av lönerna före krigsutbrottet, och saker som kaffe. En av Hamastjänstemännen – en 38-årig lärare som i reportaget kallas Abdullah – säger att lönen inte räcker för att köpa mat och att det är besvärligt att få ut betalningen.
– Det är som att du jobbar för maffian, säger han till AFP.
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Hamas styre på Gazaremsan
Wikipedia (en)
Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip in Palestine since its takeover of the territory from the rival Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority (PA) on 14 June 2007, until the Gaza war, during which it lost control of most of the territory. The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Haniyeh from June 2007 until February 2017; then by Yahya Sinwar until his killing in October 2024; then by Mohammed Sinwar until his assassination in May 2025; and since then by Izz al-Din al-Haddad. The Israeli military currently controls approximately 75% of the Gaza Strip.
After Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections on 25 January 2006, Ismail Haniyeh was nominated as the prime minister of the PA, establishing a national unity government with Fatah. This government effectively collapsed with the outbreak of the violent conflict between Hamas and Fatah. After the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas on 14 June 2007, PA president Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led government and appointed Salam Fayyad as prime minister. Though the new Palestinian government's authority was claimed to extend to both the Palestinian territories, in effect it became limited to the West Bank, as Hamas did not recognize the dismissal and continued to rule the Gaza Strip as an effectively separate administration from the PA. There have been reconciliation attempts between Fatah and Hamas since the 2007 split; a brief Palestinian unity government in 2014 failed to organize elections and reunify the Palestinian territories. A third government was formed by Hamas in October 2016.
Since Hamas assumed control over the Gaza Strip, it has engaged in multiple wars with Israel, including those in 2008, 2014, and an ongoing one since 2023. Hamas lost control of the majority of the Strip in early June 2025, amidst Operation Gideon's Chariots. Hamas has also come into conflict with rival Islamist factions in Gaza that adhere to Salafi-jihadism. Examples include the 2009 revolt of Jund Ansar Allah against Hamas in Rafah, and the 2011 Hamas crackdown on Tawhid al-Jihad after the latter's murder of Vittorio Arrigoni.
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