Israeli-Palestinian relationship must change

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League summit meeting in Egypt on Saturday that the Israeli-Palestinian relationship cannot carry on as is, since Israel has meddled with the PA’s powers and responsibilities, the Ma’an news agency reported Sunday.

 

Abbas focused on Israel’s withholding of Palestinian tax revenues –  funds that have been frozen since this past January in protest of the PA’s formal application for membership in the International Criminal Court on behalf of the “State of Palestine”.

 

Some NIS 500 million have been withheld from the Palestinian Authority due to the move. Yet after months of freezing tax revenues, Israel announced Friday that it would release the money to the interim government in Ramallah.

 

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