| |
| |
Jerusalem, 18 August 1997
ISRAEL TO RELEASE PALESTINIAN TAX RECEIPTS
(Communicated by PM's Media Advisor)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided today (Monday), 18.8.97, after
consulting with Foreign Minister David Levy and Defense Minister Yitzhak
Mordechai, to release approximately 30% of the funds Israel has withheld
and transfer them to the Palestinian Authority. This decision was reached
following the partial cooperation by the Palestinian Authority regarding
the investigation of the Mahane Yehuda Market attack, and in consideration
of the cooperation in the case of the murder of the [Israeli] taxi driver
in Jericho.
The Prime Minister's Media Advisor emphasized, however, that this is a
partial step in exchange for the partial steps taken by the Palestinian
Authority, and that Israel expects intensive Palestinian efforts in the
war against the terrorist infrastructure, which has not yet occurred.
The Israeli government will continue its policies whereby Israel will ease
its actions regarding the Palestinian Authority in the event that the
Palestinian Authority will take security measures against terrorism.
|
|
| |