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Knesset Committee Approves Final Draft of Bill to Penalize PA for Payments to Terrorists


(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday approved the final draft of a bill to deduct the payments that the PA makes to terrorists and their families from taxes and customs fees collected by Israel for the PA. The final draft states that once the deduction of Palestinian funds is enacted, the political echelon would be unable to rescind the measure. "This is a moral law that sends a clear message to us, to the Palestinian Authority and to the world. Israel will not be a conduit by which terrorists are funded. That's over," said committee chairman Avi Dichter. "The Palestinian Authority has to be made to understand that supporting terrorists does not pay," said MK Elazar Stern.
2018-06-28 00:00:00
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