Palestinian authority condemns Israel's approval of slashing Palestinian tax revenues

The Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned on Sunday the Israeli security cabinet's approval of cutting over US$138 million from its tax revenues that PA pays to Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting PA’s presidential spokesperson.

"The deduction from the Palestinian clearing funds is totally rejected and it is considered a piracy of the money of the Palestinian people," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, PA presidential spokesman, in an official press statement.

"President Mahmoud Abbas always stresses that we will not accept any harm to the livelihood of our heroes, the prisoners and the families of martyrs and wounded," Abu Rudeineh added.