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Palestinian Authority: We'll Continue to Pay Prisoners and Their Families
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The PA leadership stressed on Tuesday that it will not be deterred by the Israeli Knesset decision Monday to deduct the amount the PA pays to security prisoners and their families from the tax revenues Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinians, and that the PA will continue to pay these salaries. The PA said it was planning to take action in various international forums to force Israel to backtrack on its decision. The PA Finance Ministry noted that Israel was already deducting NIS 120 million each month from the tax revenues to cover the costs of electricity and water that Israel supplies to the Palestinians, in addition to reimbursement for medical treatment Palestinians receive in Israeli hospitals.