Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet leader Mohammad Shtayyeh on Thursday called on the World Bank to intervene in Israel’s deductions from the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the PA, the Wafa news agency reported.
"Israel wants to destroy and exhaust the Palestinian economy, through the deduction of the tax money... and by trying to pull the banking institutions operating in Palestine into a legal war leading to their liquidation and closure," Shtayyeh said Thursday during a meeting in Ramallah with the World Bank Country Director for the West Bank and Gaza, Kanthan Shankar.
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