In a step aimed at depriving Palestinian prisoners and families of martyrs of receiving financial support Israel’s security cabinet recently approved a decision to deduct 600 million shekels from tax and tariffs collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
This deduction will be made over the course of the coming 12 months according to the Hebrew media on Sunday.
This amount of money is equal to the total annual funds used by the PA to support Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and families of martyrs.
In November last year the PA ministry of finance accused Israel of persisting in stealing more than 100 million shekels every month from Palestinian tax revenues.
The Israeli occupation government collects added-value tax and tariffs on imports to the PA all of which go through Israeli checkpoints. This arrangement is part of the Oslo accords and it provides the PA with its largest source of income.
