Israel May Hold Palestinian Taxes on UN Vote, Steinitz Says
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Israel may withhold as much as 40 percent of Palestinians’ financial revenue should they persist in pushing for a vote on statehood at the United Nations, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said.
“It will be very difficult for us to continue to collaborate with a hostile Palestinian entity,” Steinitz, 53, said in an interview yesterday at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. “Maybe we will tell the Palestinians, ‘OK, collect your own tax. Why should we do it for you?’”