The announcement was made in a press release by the Prime Minister's Office just before sundown Friday.
This past January, Israel froze the transfer of some NIS 500 million in tax collections to the Palestinian Authority.
The move came as a protest of the formal application for membership of the International Criminal Court that was filed on Friday on behalf of the “State of Palestine.”
This is “robbery and an act more appropriate to pirates and not governments,” chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said of Israel’s move. The tax money is used to pay public sector salaries and is critical to running the Palestinian Authority.
“A few hours ago, we have been unofficially informed that the government of Israel has decided not to transfer our revenues, which, according to signed agreements, are the revenues they collect on our behalf and are obliged to transfer to us,” Erekat said.................http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israel-to-resume-tax-revenue-transfers-to-the-Palestinian-Authority-395338
27/3/15
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Israel says it will resume the transfer Palestinian tax revenues that it has been withholding as punishment for unilateral Palestinian actions...
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Friday the decision was made following the recommendation of Israel's security establishment and because of humanitarian considerations.
Earlier this year, Israel withheld tax transfers it collects for the cash-strapped government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after he joined the International Criminal Court - a move potentially paving the way for a war crimes investigation of Israel.
That and other moves prompted Abbas to complain that Israel had eroded the authority of his self-rule government in the West Bank to the point where it has "no real power here over anything."
Netanyahu says in the current Mideast climate Israel must act "responsibly and thoughtfully."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-27/292394-israel-to-stop-withholding-palestinian-tax-revenues.ashx
27/3/15
Tony Blair, the chief Middle East peace envoy representing the Quartet, praised the Israeli government's decision on Friday to release tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority...
ReplyDelete“I welcome the decision by the Israeli prime minister and government to release these funds," Blair said in a statement. "It is absolutely the right decision both for the improvement of the conditions of Palestinians on the ground and for Israel."
“The tax revenues are a vital part of the PA budget, and without these monies, the stability of the Palestinian economy is put at risk," the former British prime minister said................http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Blair-hails-Israel-decision-to-unfreeze-Palestinian-tax-revenues-395351
27/3/15