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Why were 3,000 Gazans excluded from Qatari grant to pay salaries?

Hamas is accusing the Ramallah government of tampering with the list of Gazan government workers who were supposed to receive payment as part of a recent grant from Qatar.
Palestinian Hamas-hired employees shout slogans after breaking past the gate of the Palestinian cabinet headquarters to demand their pay, in Gaza City January 13, 2015. The Palestinian unity government, based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, infuriated public workers on Hamas's payroll by saying it would vet them before paying out salaries - a process that could take months.    REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR4L86Z
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — At post offices across the Gaza Strip Aug. 17, Gaza's government workers started collecting their salaries, funded by Qatar's grant to Gaza pledged in July. However, about 3,000 employees were surprised to receive nothing.

Ashraf Jadallah, who works in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Gaza City, arrived at the post office on Aug. 17 to find his name missing from the list of beneficiaries.

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