Jerusalem, June 2 (IANS) Israel's cabinet has decided in an emergency meeting to
withhold tax
transfers to the
Palestinian Authority as means of sanctions
over the new
Palestinian unity government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened with top members of the cabinet, including eight ministers late Sunday, in order to discuss ways to deal with the new
government to be formed by Fatah and Hamas, Xinhua reported Monday. The cabinet members decided to keep suspending any further negotiations with the Palestinians as long as Hamas, viewed by
Israel and the US as a terror organisation which vowed in the past to destruct Israel, is part of the government, and to hold off on transferring tax money it is collecting for the
Palestinian Authority.
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