PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Financial crisis causing public concern ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Maher Abukhater - July 19, 2011 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority has until July 26 to come up with a plan on how it intends to pay salaries, without interruption, to more than 150,000 of its civil and military personnel. Otherwise, the employees may go on an open-ended general strike. This was the warning the Union of Public Employees conveyed to the Palestinian Authority on Monday following a meeting of its board members to discuss the authority's financial crisis and its claim that it may not be able to pay salaries anymore. » Read more