Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to seize some $100 million worth of tax money from the Palestinian Authority to “punish” them for trying to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) is fueling anger even from usual supporters.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was particularly outspoken in his opposition to the move, saying withholding the money from the PA hurts Israel’s interests as much as it hurts the Palestinians, and saying keeping the PA operating was important to Israel.
Israel’s state-run electricity corporation announced today they intend to cut off electricity to Palestinians because the PA was unable to pay down its debts, which is a direct result of seizing their funds.
Netanyahu seizes Palestinian tax revenues several times a year when he gets mad at them, but the current financial straights in the PA mean this is a particularly bad time.
The State Department was also critical of the move, saying they’d warned Netanyahu not to follow through with the seizure of tax funds at this time, and that it would just “raise tensions.”
How about the US starts withholding all the US taxpayer money gifted to israel for no good reason in punishment for netenyahoo being a major league ahole.
The Bibi is having a tantrum. Maybe the Bibi will hold his breath until he turns blue. That'll show us!
The glory of a Promised Land — How can we compete against it?
Clearly a criminal action by a criminal politician, so the public will be demanding impeachment, right? Not hardly, for corporate media will portray it as expectable behavior, just politics as usual and the brainwashed church going public will feel most self-righteous thinking that “eternal security” is theirs for the way that our government protects the Promised Land of the Jews.
The US talks to Israel as a mother to his psychopathic child.
"Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was particularly outspoken in his opposition to the move, saying withholding the money from the PA hurts Israel’s interests as much as it hurts the Palestinians, and saying keeping the PA operating was important to Israel." It's always about Israel. the Palestinians are only an afterthought!
I'm sure Bibi's advisers have informed him as to how many new terrorists will be created by this next persecution of the Palestinians. The cost-benefit analysis looks too good to pass up and you can expect the US to hide its tail between its legs and sit down and shut up.