Voice of America: Israel to Withhold Tax Transfers to Palestinians Over UN Bid Dec 2nd 2012, 14:01 Voice of America | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | Israel to Withhold Tax Transfers to Palestinians Over UN Bid Dec 2nd 2012, 13:02 Israel says it will withhold more than $100 million in taxes and tariff funds it collects on behalf of Palestinians to punish them for their successful bid to win United Nations statehood. Sunday's move came as cheering crowds welcomed Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas back to the West Bank city of Ramallah following his diplomatic victory last week when the Palestinians won non-member state observer status at the U.N. General Assembly. Abbas proclaimed, "Yes, now we have a ... | | | | |
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