Israel/Palestine

polly7

(20,582 posts) Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:04 AM Dec 2012

Israel To Withhold Tax Transfers To Palestinians AP.

By AMY TEIBEL
— Dec. 2 8:47 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies.

It was the second act of reprisal since the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to support the Palestinians' statehood initiative. The following day, Israel announced it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes, including the first-ever residential developments on a sensitive piece of land near Jerusalem. Actual construction would be years away.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the statehood campaign, led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as "a gross violation of the agreements signed with the state of Israel."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/israel-withhold-tax-transfers-palestinians

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Israel To Withhold Tax Transfers To Palestinians AP. (Original Post) polly7 Dec 2012 OP

WTF is the point of having a client state Recursion Dec 2012 #1

Does anyone know what the legality of this action is?......... kayecy Dec 2012 #2

Israel only recognizes the UN when it works in its favor. Otherwise it will just R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #3

Netanyahu. Forever a fool. KimonoGirl Dec 2012 #4

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

1. WTF is the point of having a client state

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 12:10 PM

Dec 2012

if they keep kicking us in the teeth like this. Clinton was unambiguous that Israel must not do these things.

kayecy

(1,417 posts)

2. Does anyone know what the legality of this action is?.........

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 10:23 AM

Dec 2012

Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies.

Does anyone know what the legality of this action is?.........Did Israel sign a formal agreement to collect cutoms Duties on behlf of the PA?........If so, was there any provision for Israel stopping payment if it decided the PA had not paid other debts?......Who was the arbitrator on the greement?

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

3. Israel only recognizes the UN when it works in its favor. Otherwise it will just

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 01:27 PM

Dec 2012

thumb its nose and behave like jackass.

KimonoGirl

(89 posts)

4. Netanyahu. Forever a fool.

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 01:46 PM

Dec 2012

The Israeli Government is a certified freakshow. They need to be stopped.

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