(Ma'an News-PA) Employees of the former Hamas-run government in Gaza went on strike Wednesday in protest of a recent announcement that the Palestinian Authority did not guarantee their positions under the new unity government. On Tuesday, the unity government pledged to rehire tens of thousands of PA workers laid off seven years ago, potentially threatening the livelihood of the 50,000 people Hamas hired to replace them. The Hamas employees have not been paid in seven months, while the PA workers laid off in 2007 have remained on the PA payroll.
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