Israel's government was split on Thursday over whether to make a regular transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, adding to growing signs of strain in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition.
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were pulling in opposite directions over whether to release tax revenues collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinian Authority following the deadly attack by hundreds of Hamas gunmen out of the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.
"This is clearly a problem for cohesive policy at the time of war," said Gideon Rahat, senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. "They are already thinking about the day after the war." Israel collects customs duties and other tax revenues in parts of the occupied West Bank where it exercises direct control and typically transfers them to the Palestinians monthly on the approval of the finance minister.
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