Following up on false reports of a deal to resume peace talks, Israel has announced a series of “economic sanctions” against the Palestinian Authority, including withholding their tax revenue and freezing many of their bank accounts.
Under the terms of the Oslo Accords, Israel collects certain taxes for the PA in the occupied West Bank, and transfers them regularly to the tune of about $100 million per month.
The process also means that Israel regularly announces its intentions to withhold the money, a large chunk of the PA’s operating budget, whenever the two sides are at odds, as with the recent collapse of peace talks.
While Israel couched the move as “punishment” for the Palestinians, the PA’s chief negotiator Saeb Erekat dubbed the move “theft,” saying it was also a violation of international law and would further harm the attempts to resume talks.
Israeli government once again shows that they are thieves which yet indicating the fact that USG or EU governments of all kind needs to rethink their relations with such professional thief. Israeli government once again proves to the world that they are, in no way, about the right of Palestinians to self governed, self determinations and a Palestinian state, they rather do all and every harm to Palestinians then for Palestinians have any rights.
You might get the word provocative from America for this theft.
Israel's leaders and their supporters in the US were calling these kinds of actions (BDS) illegal when applied against Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/1.574361
So it's "anti-semitism" and a "hate crime" when done to Israel, but quite OK when done to Palestine?
Israel's leaders and their supporters in the US were calling these kinds of actions (BDS) illegal when applied against Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/1.574361
So it's "anti-semitism" and a "hate crime" when done to Israel, but quite OK when done to Palestine?
A violation of International Laws, but I doubt you will see Obama throwing a tantrum as he did when the Russians took over Crimea.
McCain was the one who threw the tantrum…Obama just doesn't give a flying fig either way.
The Crimeans overwhelmingly voted to be part of Russia. Who is foolish enough to think that the Palestinians are going to be given a chance to "vote" on anything? Obama must be just counting the days until he can retire in luxury in Hawaii – it will take a long time to get the taste of crap out of his mouth. He must think it is worth it. Clinton did: Bush didn't recognize the foul taste.
Bush was too busy with his criminal enterprise Invading Iraq Clinton bombing Yugoslavia Obama managed to murder five thousand with drones.
Again?
It is absurd we let this little crackpot ruin our foreign policy with 1.5 billion people, a quarter of the world's countries.
Of course it is theft, and anyway, all of the Oslo agreements have been reneged on by Israel.
How can anyone be surprised that Israel is criticised for its behaviour ?