{"id":7492,"date":"2014-03-21T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/palthink.org\/en_new\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2014-03-21T14:03:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:03:55","slug":"hamas-budget-shows-another-tough-year-ahead-for-gaza-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palthink.org\/en\/2014\/03\/7492\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas budget shows another tough year ahead for Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Omar Shaban<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/modules\/almcontent\/a-img\/elements\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0The Hamas government\u2019s budget for 2014 of nearly $900 million, ratified by the Legislative Council on Dec. 31, will struggle to meet its targets. While preparing and ratifying the budget is one matter, implementing it and reaching the set revenues is another task altogether.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meeting the budget is nearly an impossible mission in light of the circumstances that can easily be described as harsh, most notably because of the significant decline in tax revenues from incoming goods from Egypt because of the closure of the tunnels and the severe recession experienced by Gaza\u2019s economy. This is in addition to the tightening of the Israeli siege after Israel uncovered the Ein Hashlosha tunnel on its border last October, and the worsening UNRWA financial crisis. The Hamas government, the Hamas movement and the Gaza Strip are experiencing difficult circumstances. How will Hamas be able to confront these conditions, given that they are the worst in decades?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read More:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2014\/03\/hamas-gaza-budget-economy-finance-blockade.html\">http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2014\/03\/hamas-gaza-budget-economy-finance-blockade.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Omar Shaban \u00a0The Hamas government\u2019s budget for 2014 of nearly $900 million, ratified by the Legislative Council on Dec. 31, will struggle to meet its targets. While preparing and ratifying the budget is one matter, implementing it and reaching the set revenues is another task altogether. 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