(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Assertions that the Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse because Israel is withholding monthly tax revenues are exaggerated, Israeli officials said Sunday, responding to claims from top U.S. and EU officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry. Israel has held up two monthly payments and the transfer of some $200 million in response to the PA joining the International Criminal Court and initiating proceedings against Israel. "We believe that people should focus on what brought about this situation, which is the PA breaking fundamental commitments to the peace process by going to the UN Security Council and the ICC," one Israeli official said. He added that Israel could not be expected to sit idly by as the PA wages "diplomatic warfare" against it.
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