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| Israel yet to carry out steps to boost PA that it vowed to implement before Ramadan | |
| 2023-04-02 | |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has yet to follow through on a series of small measures to boost the Paleostinian Authority it promised to implement ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which began last week. In mid-February, Netanyahu’s office leaked that it would be lowering the so-called "blue tax" that it levies from the PA on fuel transfers from three percent to 1.5%; raising the percentage of revenues it transfers to Ramallah from the fees it collects from travelers at the Allenby border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan; and expanding the list of tax-free imports that it facilitates on the PA’s behalf. However, a clean conscience makes a soft pillow... four Israeli, Paleostinian and US officials told The Times of Israel this week that none of the three steps have been completed. The lack of follow through has the Biden administration increasingly worried since the PA’s financial state is at its weakest ever, a senior US official said. | |
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