PA prioritizes terror payments over welfare as coronavirus curbs budget
The Palestinian Authority is expecting a 50% decrease in income thanks to the impact of the virus.
A member of medical staff swabs the nose of a Palestinian worker for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing upon his return from Israel, outside the Israeli-controlled Tarqumiya checkpoint near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 26, 2020(photo credit: MUSSA QAWASMA / REUTERS)ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS