Israel’s Cabinet said it will continue to withhold the transfer of tax funds to the Palestinian Authority.
The Cabinet met Monday to discuss the suspension, which was put into place after the Palestinian’s were admitted as a full member of UNESCO, the U.N.’s scientific and cultural agency. The final vote on the matter was narrow, according to Ynet.
Israel transfers to the Palestinian Authority about $100 million in tax payments collected on the Palestinians’ behalf each month.
The defense establishment, including Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, called for the payments to be reinstated. Israeli security services reportedly argued that withholding the funds, which go in part to pay Palestinian police officers, could hamper security arrangements in the West Bank.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz reportedly was vociferous in wanting to maintain the freeze on transferring the funds.
Source: JTA
My comment:
The US has already started to withdraw funds to UNSCO. So why should Israel keep on giving blood money to Ramallah?
The truth is that the PLO base on the Mountain of Israel, is like a growing cancer.
Even of Israel succeed in forcing the PLO to withdraw their membership application to the UN, the problem will simply not go away.
The present application, will just be followed by another.
To feed the PLO will not bring peace. To stop their funding, will bring the Hamas to power also in Ramallah.
As long as Islamic terrorists have their base in Ramallah, Israel constantly face the threat of extermination.
There is no solution but the second coming of the Messiah.
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