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PNA says Israel to transfer tax revenue dues without cuts soon

Xinhua, April 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A senior Palestinian National Authority (PNA) official said late on Friday that Israel will soon start to transfer tax revenues with no cuts to the PNA after months of freeze.

"An agreement was accomplished between senior Palestinian and Israeli officials that Israel will transfer the Palestinian financial dues for April as it is without any cuts," said Ihab Bseiso, spokesman for the PNA unity government.

He unveiled that a meeting was held earlier in the day between Husein al-Sheikh, head of the PNA Corporation for civil affairs and senior Israeli government officials.

Bseiso also said that concerning the dues that were withheld in January, February and March, "Israel will transfer a billion and 800 million Israeli Shekels (257.6 million U.S. dollars) to the treasure of the PNA.

"The cuts that Israel insists to take from the Palestinian financial dues will be discussed later during the joint Israeli-Palestinian economical committee next week," said the unity government's spokesman.

The Palestinian leadership hasn't yet studies the mechanism on how the dues will be spent, according to Bseiso.

In March 27, Israel decided to transfer the tax revenue dues it collects from Palestinian trades at crossing points under its control, and pay it back to the treasury of the PNA.

Israel decided to freeze the tax money in early January in response to the Palestinians' decision of joining the International Criminal Court in The Hague and other international treaties and agencies. Enditem

Written by Mohamed Abu Robb, edited by Saud Abu Ramadan)