Israeli Gov’t Lacks Dignity, Self-Respect: Freeing Frozen Tax Funds = More Money to Buy More Weapons and Pay More Terrorists to Kill More Jews

PM May Free Frozen Tax Funds to Abbas, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert may accede to a request by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at their meeting in Jericho on Thursday to release some of the PA tax revenues that Israel froze after Hamas took power last year, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

“We’ll see what they ask for,” a senior government official said when asked whether Israel would release some of the estimated $700 million in Palestinian tax and tariff revenues it has been withholding since Hamas formed its first government in March 2006.

“Israel is willing to check to see whether it is able, within the existing mechanism, to release some of the funds,” the official said.

Israel is under increasing pressure to release at least some of the money, and government officials said the issue came up in nearly every meeting Olmert held with foreign leaders. For instance, visiting US Sen. Joe Lieberman brought it up on Sunday when he met with Olmert after meeting with Abbas in Ramallah.

The Middle East Quartet, in a statement released after its meeting in Berlin last week, said, “The resumption of transfers of tax and customs revenues collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinian Authority would have a significant impact on the Palestinian economy. The Quartet encouraged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to consider resumption of such transfers via the Temporary International Mechanism to improve the economic and humanitarian conditions in the West Bank and Gaza.”

Commentary;

Israel’s corrupt, bankrupt immoral politicians lack even a modicum of dignity, self-identity, self-respect, self-worth, self-esteem in bowing to every avodah zora while putting the Jews in dire jeopardy and mortal danger. MB