Spokesman for Hamas movement Hazem Qasem on Monday said that the Israeli government’s decision to deduct funds from the tax revenues transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a robbery of the Palestinian people’s money.
Qasem said in a press statement that the PA “soft policies” toward the Israeli occupation’s practices have encouraged Netanyahu’s government to commit more crimes.
“It is regrettable that the Israeli move was preceded by the PA decision to cut the salaries of the families of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners in the Gaza Strip” he added.
Qasem said that the PA should respond to these Israeli practices by ending the security coordination with the Israeli army and lifting the sanctions imposed on the Gaza Strip.
What is more important he continued to say is that the PA stops its monopoly of the decision-making and abide by the signed reconciliation agreements.
