Israeli government announces it will double the amount of Palestinian tax money it confiscates to about $30 million
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he signed a double offset of the"terrorist funds" that the Palestinian Authority transfers to the"families of terrorists".
For more than two years, Israel has confiscated about $14.5 million a month from Palestinian tax money. “We gave 100 million new Israeli shekels to the Palestinian Authority instead of 50 million until now. And another 200,000 new Israeli shekels that will go as compensation to the families of victims of terrorism, according to a court ruling,” the Israeli minister added.Israel's military hits besieged Gaza after rocket interception
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