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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee at PA headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 15, 2018. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)
February 24, 2019, 12:44 pm
Israel’s terror fund deduction rekindles Palestinian support for Abbas
Many Palestinians are vowing to donate salaries to prisoners, ‘martyr’ families after PA chief’s decision to refuse partial tax transfer; the fallout could see Gaza heat up as well
By Avi Issacharoff
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), center, speaks during a news conference on the tax reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
November 7, 2017, 5:55 pm
Jewish groups wary of proposed Republican tax overhaul
Reducing deductions could impact social safety net programs and make some medical needs unaffordable for elderly
By Ron Kampeas
William Daroff, vice president for public policy and director of the Washington office of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), gives testimony at a hearing by the United States House Ways and Means Committee on 'Oversight Plan for the 113th Congress and Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions' in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2013. (Ron Sachs)
February 20, 2013, 6:12 pm
Charities grapple with Washington’s fiscal chaos
Congressional wrangling over looming ‘sequester’ and the deficit leaves Jewish and other groups bracing for potentially massive cuts
By Haviv Rettig Gur
December 1, 2012, 6:17 am
JFNA fights to preserve charitable tax deductions
Jewish groups organize as US government searches for more sources of revenue
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