University staff strike over taxes

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- University staff decided to strike from 10 a.m. Wednesday to protest the government's failure to abolish taxes on their end-of-service pay.

The union said in a statement that a protest would be held outside ministry buildings in Ramallah to demand that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad implemented a promise to abolish the tax.

The union also demanded the payment of university budgets approved by the government, noting that delays in the payment caused late salaries.