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Omar Shaban Ismail · Al-Monitor · 2014
Al-Monitor 2014 analysis of Hamas's budget, revealing chronic revenue shortfalls, dependence on external Qatar and Iran transfers, and post-tunnel financial vulnerability.
Al-Monitor 2014 analysis of Hamas's budget, revealing chronic revenue shortfalls, dependence on external Qatar and Iran transfers, and post-tunnel financial…
Hamas's 2014 budget reflected another difficult fiscal year — chronic revenue shortfalls, dependence on external transfers from Qatar and Iran, and the collapse of tunnel trade following Egypt's crackdown on Sinai-Gaza tunnels. The budget, while providing a rare window into Hamas's fiscal management, illustrated the movement's structural financial vulnerability: governing a territory under blockade without reliable international funding sources or a productive tax base capable of supporting normal government functions.
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