‘Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas, has threatened to resort to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Israeli regime’s refusal to entirely release hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues owed to the PA.
Abbas’ announcement on Sunday came after Tel Aviv froze the monthly transfer of tax money it collects on behalf of the PA as a punitive measure after Palestine started efforts to join the ICC in early January.
“Now we have a new file to take to the ICC, first there was the [summer] war in Gaza, then there was the settlements and now the Palestinian leadership is considering presenting this issue to the court in due time,” Abbas said in a speech, adding, “They said they were going to send the money and in the end they did, but a third of it was deducted – why?”‘
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