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The secret system Hamas uses to pay government salaries

• aaron695 1y ago
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• nailer 1y ago
  > it remains unclear how Hamas has managed to continue funding salary payments given the destruction of much of its administrative and financial infrastructure. Selling aid. Other news agencies have covered this in depth.
  • derelicta 1y ago
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    • nailer 1y ago
      Mostly Gazans themselves. There's videos of Gazans storming Hamas warehouses, stockpiles in private houses, and aid being resold on the streets.
      • dttze 1y ago
        Link the sources then.
  • gizmo686 1y ago
    At best, that explains how they get money. It does not explain how they manage the logistics of distributing it; which is what that article (including your quote) is about. At worst, it is a carefully crafted narrative (with a kernel of truth) being used to justify the usage of starvation as a weapon of genocide (or a weapon of war if you want to be a little charitable). There are two facts here that should surprise no one. In times of shortage: A) Prices go up B) Resources go to those with guns
  • 4MOAisgoodenuf 1y ago
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  • dttze 1y ago
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    • nailer 1y ago
      Israel is running GHF which indeed distributes aid directly to civilians.
      • dttze 1y ago
        I said flood the aid, not drip in barely any and slaughter people at the distribution centers.
• RugnirViking 1y ago
  Its illuminating to do the calculation begged by the article. 30.000 public servants employed. $7 million total salary. That's 233 dollars per person for a couple weeks work - apparently one fifth of what they used to be paid. To be honest, I really have no idea what value money would have in a situation like Gaza anyways. This seems to be backed up by the "rampant inflation" mentioned in the article That's... Really not very much. Not even in the third world.