Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urges Arab countries to provide a financial safety net to the Palestinians to help them overcome a major budgetary shortfall.
He makes the appeal at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers and officials at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.
In February, Israel started to implement a new law that allows authorities to withhold taxes from Ramallah equivalent to the amount that they determine the Palestinians pay to security prisoners, including terrorists, and the families of dead terrorists.
The Palestinians have protested the law, refusing to receive any part of the taxes Israel gathers for them on a monthly basis, as long as the Jewish state does not transfer the full amount.
The taxes Israel collects and transfers to the PA make up hundreds of millions of shekels, more than half of its monthly budget.
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