PA Agrees to Accept Tax Funds from Israel, Ending Stand-Off over Terror Payments

(Reuters) The Palestinian Authority will once again accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel, after rejecting the money for months following Israel's withholding of 5% of the funds - a sum equal to the stipends paid by the PA to the families of Palestinian terrorists killed or jailed by Israel. The tax transfers made up half of the PA's budget, and its refusal to accept the remainder of the funds had led to a deepening financial crisis.


2019-10-07 00:00:00

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