ISRAELI FINANCE MINISTER STEALS $35 MILLION FROM PALESTINE TO GIVE TO “TERROR VICTIMS”
June 14, 2024
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich decided to deduct some $35 million from the Palestinian tax revenues.
In a statement, Smotrich said that the withheld money would be transferred to Israeli families whose members were killed in Palestinian attacks.
Last week, the Shin Bet domestic security agency warned that the Israeli government policies against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank may lead to its collapse.
The PA paid only 50% of salaries to civil servants last month following an Israeli decision to withhold tax revenues from the Ramallah-based authority.
The tax revenues – known in Palestine and Israel as maqasa – are collected by the Israeli government on behalf of the PA on Palestinian imports and exports and Israel in return earns a commission of 3%.
The revenues are estimated to total around $220 million every month and represent the main source of income for the PA.
“The Palestinian Authority encourages and favors terrorism by paying the families of terrorists, prisoners and released prisoners. In accordance with the judgments that awarded compensation to the victims of terrorism, we offset the same amounts from the PA’s funds and are transfering the awarded money to the families of the victims of terrorism,” Smotrich said.
“At this time, I signed an order that transfers about NIS 130 million from the PA’s frozen funds to victims of terrorism.”
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