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Israel exempts Palestinians from fuel tax to ease economic burden
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael and the Palestinian Authority agreed to exempt the Palestinians from paying taxes on fuel, senior PA official Hussein al-Sheikh tweets.
The agreement, if implemented, is likely to give the PA considerable economic relief as it confronts a major financial crisis.
Sheikh, however, says that the deal does not mark the conclusion of the PA’s current financial woes.
“This does not mean the financial crisis is over. Billions that belong to us are still being held by Israel,” Sheikh says.
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