Israeli Knesset on Monday approved by a 55-14 a bill to deduct money paid to Palestinian prisoners by the Palestinian Authority from its monthly tax revenue.
The bill still needs to pass its second and third readings.
If the bill passes its second and third readings it will allow Israel to deduct the sums of money given to Palestinian prisoners each month from the overall sum of tax revenues.
According to Israeli media the bill also proposes that the Israeli cabinet be authorized to freeze the transfer of tax money under certain conditions.
In a tweet Israel’s Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman called to put an end to “the madness of us giving money to the Palestinian Authority so they can use it to encourage acts of terror against us.”
