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Israel to Begin Withholding Tax Fees in Response to PA Payments to Terrorists
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israel's Security Cabinet decided on Sunday to deduct $140 million from the money it collections in tariffs for the Palestinian Authority because of the payment of this amount by the PA to terrorists and their families in 2018. On July 7, the Knesset passed legislation requiring the Defense Ministry to inform the Security Cabinet of how much the PA pays in "payments to terrorists and their families," which will then be deducted from the amount Israel transfers to the PA each month. This legislation followed the passage of the Taylor Force Act in the U.S., which ended most U.S. assistance to the Palestinians unless the PA stops payments to terrorists and their families. Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Avi Dichter said after the Security Cabinet decision: "The party is over....Paying salaries to murderers does not pay."