PMA launches loan scheme for Palestinians barred from Israel
Monetary authority aims to help workers set up business projects in West Bank
The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has launched a lending programme to help workers who are barred from entering Israel as a result of the country’s ongoing operations against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Mohammad Mustafa, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Firas Melhem, PMA governor, announced the Badir programme on July 15. They said it would provide loans to Palestinians who can no longer work in Israel following Hamas’s attacks on October 7, 2023, and who wish to
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