When I Say "Shortfall" What Do You Think?

If I said "shortfall" to an average Israeli, he or she would probably think of one of those Qassam rockets not making it over the border and instead, dropping on an Arab.

Well, it means something else:-

The Palestinian Authority requires an estimated $100 million a month in external financing for recurrent budgetary expenditures, but since January, only an estimated $174 million has been transferred.

"Projected shortfalls in the Palestinian Authority’s budget could undermine its reform and State-building agenda. Member States are encouraged to commit funds they pledged, wherever possible through direct support to the Palestinian Authority," Mr Pascoe said.

Oh, well.


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