PLO Official:

Israeli Action against Palestinian Prisoners’ Allowances Unacceptable

Rasa - Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saleh Rafat said Thursday that any Israeli action against financial allowances made to families of prisoners and those killed by Israel is unacceptable.

News ID: 430345

Date: 15 June 2017 - 23:34

RNA - The Knesset voted on Wednesday in the preliminary reading to deduct the equivalent of the allowances estimated at $280 million a year from the tax funds it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority on products entering through its ports but destined to the Palestinian areas, WAFA reported.

Rafat accused in an interview on Voice of Palestine radio the Israeli parliament of piracy and of stealing the Palestinian money, saying it will not be accepted.

He stressed that Palestinians killed by Israel and the prisoners are victims of the occupation.

He said if Israel does carry out such an act, then the Palestinian Authority will take it to the International Criminal Court.

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