Israel collects taxes on behalf of the PA, but withheld $138 million in transfers in February over Palestinian payments to political prisoners jailed for attacks against Israelis.
DOHA – The Arab League has pledged to pay $100 million a month to the Palestinian Authority to plug the gap left when Israel blocked tax transfers earlier in the year.
Israel collects taxes on behalf of the PA but withheld $138 million in transfers in February over Palestinian payments to political prisoners jailed for attacks against Israelis. The Palestinian leadership, which has boycotted Washington over a series of moves including recognising the bitterly disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, says it can no longer trust the United States as a broker.
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