WEST BANK – Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary General of the
Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on
Sunday that any reduction of the
Palestinian Authority’s (PA) financial rights
or any conditions imposed by Israel that prevent the PA from paying the people
of the Gaza Strip are rejected, condemning any Israeli plan that allows the
transfer of Palestinian tax money to another country.
اضافة اعلان
The Israeli cabinet approved a plan on Sunday that
authorizes the
transfer of frozen Palestinian tax payments to another country
while preserving the right to decide when the funds are transferred to the PA,
Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
Under the interim peace agreements, the Israeli Ministry of
Finance collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinians and makes monthly
transfers to the PA; however, now there are ongoing disputes between the two
sides over this arrangement.
Sheikh urged the international community in a post on X to
" stop this behavior based on piracy and stealing the money of the Palestinian people and force Israel to transfer all of our money." all of the PA's funds.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the
Cabinet’s decision to freeze funds allocated to Gaza, which was prepared by the
Israeli Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Strategic
Affairs.
Netanyahu's statement went on to say that the United States
and Norway "commit to the decision of the Ministerial Committee for
National Security Affairs to stop the transfer of funds allocated to Gaza to
the PA, and therefore the frozen funds will not be transferred to the PA but
will remain at the disposal of a third country."
"The money or its equivalent will not be transferred
under any circumstances except with the approval of the Israeli Minister of
Finance, including through a third party," the statement said, adding that
"any violation of this agreement will allow the Minister of Finance to
immediately freeze" all Palestinian tax funds.
The statement added that the United States has provided
guarantees for the plan.
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