Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reprimanded French President Emmanuel Macron over his request that Israel release the tax funds it collects for the Palestinian Authority, according to Channel 12.
“Your request is immoral,” Netanyahu wrote to Macron, according to the report.
In February, Israel started to implement a new law that allows authorities to withhold taxes from Ramallah every month, 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 of the taxes Israel gathers for them on a monthly basis, as long as the Jewish state does not transfer them their 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.
Netanyahu told Macron that Israel will continue to implement its law, the report says.
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