Comments on: Hamas humanitarian crises http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/01/5679 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Sammy Finkelman http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/01/5679/comment-page-1#comment-34573 Sammy Finkelman Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:46:50 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5679#comment-34573 >> registered with us,” said Hamas official Abdullah Abu Jarbou. “It is not for those who bypassed the legitimate government. They didn’t go through the legal channels.” << So Hamas is insisting it is the legal government. I remember there was another dispute earlier. Abbas and Hamas were fighting over which two days of the week were the weekend. I think Abbas said Friday and Saturday and Hamas said Thursday and Friday. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/world/middleeast/08gaza.html?_r=1&sq=gaza%20hamas%20thursday%20Friday%20weekend&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Link</a> I am not sure how that turned out. The workers actually are paid by Abbas -otherwise the ATM machines don't work. (Do you realize that Israel - or Israel and the PA - controls what money is in the accounts at the ATM machines in Gaza?) I think a lot of them obeyed Abbas. And did not come in to work on Saturday. I can't find out what happened. This story is from June 2007: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/world/middleeast/08gaza.html?_r=1&sq=gaza%20hamas%20thursday%20Friday%20weekend&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Link</a> Your webpage covered this in July 2007: http://www.yourish.com/2007/07/05/3390id=1360 >> registered with us,” said Hamas official Abdullah Abu Jarbou. “It is not for those who bypassed the legitimate government. They didn’t go through the legal channels.” <<

So Hamas is insisting it is the legal government. I remember there was another dispute earlier. Abbas and Hamas were fighting over which two days of the week were the weekend. I think Abbas said Friday and Saturday and Hamas said Thursday and Friday.

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I am not sure how that turned out.

The workers actually are paid by Abbas -otherwise the ATM machines don’t work.

(Do you realize that Israel – or Israel and the PA – controls what money is in the accounts at the ATM machines in Gaza?)

I think a lot of them obeyed Abbas. And did not come in to work on Saturday.

I can’t find out what happened.

This story is from June 2007:

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Your webpage covered this in July 2007:

http://www.yourish.com/2007/07/05/3390id=1360

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