Israel Withholds Tax Revenue From Palestinian Authority


	Israel Withholds Tax Revenue From Palestinian Authority

jklugman

6-10-2008 9:04 PM

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israel, palestine, collective-punishment, free-expression, occupation, palestinian-authority, pa

jklugman says:

This sounds very much like Israel is collectively punishing Palestinians just because a Palestinian official criticized Israel.

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6-11-2008 12:30 AM

righthand

Did you know about the bonanza for Israel in gaining a stronger connection with the EU and OECD? Or Blair's part in it? I didn't.

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