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Israel Deducts Palestinian Debts from Transferred PA Tax Revenues
(Ma'an News-PA) Israel deducted some $55 million from monthly tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, a senior Palestinian official said Monday. He said Israel took $25 million to cover unpaid debts of a Palestinian electricity company, $25 million to cover other PA debts, and the remainder to cover the cost of Palestinian patients referred to Israeli hospitals by the PA. The deduction will further jeopardize the PA's ability to pay civil servant salaries in Gaza, since the $106 million transferred by Israel will only cover 40% of the monthly wages for PA civil servants in the West Bank.