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| Consequences: PLO Denounces Israel's Decision To Withhold Tax Revenues | ||
| 2012-12-03 | ||
| [Jpost] Paleostinian officials in Ramallah Sunday strongly denounced the Israeli government's decision to withhold tax revenues belonging to the Paleostinian Authority, dubbing it an "act of piracy and blackmail." The officials expressed hope that the Arab countries would now fulfill their pledge to provide the PA with $100m. per month to compensate for the loss of the tax funds. PLO Executive Committee member Hana Amireh said that Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... foreign ministers were scheduled to meet on December 9 to discuss ways of supporting the PA in wake of the Israeli decision. Amireh said that the decision did not come as a surprise to the PA leadership in light of its insistence on applying for the status of non-member observer state in the UN. He said that Israel was now in conflict not only the Paleostinians, but all the countries that voted in favor of the statehood bid at the UN.
Israel had threatened a number of sanctions in response to the bid, including withdrawing Palestinian tax revenues, supporting more settlement building, and canceling past agreements. Israel has withheld the tax revenues, which it collects on the PA's behalf as a result of international agreements, several times in recent years to punish the PA leadership. The government also held back a smaller sum, around $9 million, in September to pay the Israeli Electric Corp., which supplies West Bank cities with power. Israeli officials say the Palestinian Authority's Jerusalem District Electricity Co. has accumulated a $200 million debt from the company in unpaid bills. The aid-dependent Palestinian economy in the West Bank faces financial crisis due to a drop in aid from Western backers and wealthy Gulf states, as well as Israeli restrictions on trade. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Wow... using the money to pay the debts that are owed. How.... sane. No wonder liberals love the Paleos so much. They are identical in their belief that they should get everything for nothing. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-12-03 14:51 |
| #6 If they consider this bad, wait until they cut off more when Hamas attacks, or just declare war and steamroll Gaza into Egypt. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-12-03 13:47 |
| #5 "Money? What money? I think you're hallucinating again, dude." |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-12-03 13:33 |
| #4 Nothing gets by our British troll, eh? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-12-03 13:09 |
| #3 Note that virtually all the countries that voted in favour of the Paleos are either muslim or christian Virtually all countries, except some in Asia, are either Muslim or Christian. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-12-03 10:32 |
| #2 Note that virtually all the countries that voted in favour of the Paleos are either muslim or christian - just like the terrorist paleos? |
| Posted by: ChuffingChuffChuff 2012-12-03 08:34 |
| #1 He said that Israel was now in conflict not only the Paleostinians, but all the countries that voted in favor of the statehood bid at the UN. Then nothing has changed and it's essentially NSTR (Nothing Significant to Report), |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-12-03 06:50 |