Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has signed an order to deduct $35 million from Palestinian tax revenues, redirecting these funds to support Israeli settler families who claim losses due to 'Palestinian attacks.' This decision is part of a broader move in which Smotrich transferred about $134 million from the Palestinian Authority’s frozen funds to victims of terrorism. The actions have been sharply criticized by the US State Department. During his trip to Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release the frozen Palestinian tax revenues, which were initially frozen by Smotrich in early May. These actions are under the 1994 Paris agreement.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release Palestinian tax revenues Israel's ultranationalist minister of finance Bezalel Smotrich froze in early May, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios. Why it matters: The Biden… https://t.co/m5qA0RGOVD
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that he signed an order transferring about $134 million from the Palestinian Authority’s frozen funds to victims of terrorism, a move that was sharply criticized by the US State Department. https://t.co/untFWoB05W
During Blinken's trip to Israel, he pressured Netanyahu to release the PA's frozen tax funds. https://t.co/VP4JmAfyT6
Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release Palestinian tax revenues Israel's ultranationalist minister of finance Bezalel Smotrich froze in early May, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios. https://t.co/NaUfB3jPsy
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has signed an order to deduct $35 million from Palestinian tax revenues, redirecting these funds to support Israeli settler families who claim losses due to "Palestinian attacks." Under the 1994 Paris agreement between the… https://t.co/cQsIUrsW7r