Israel’s finance minister told the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, that Israel will not release tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority. Charging that Palestinian officials would use the revenues to fund terrorist operations against Israel, Silvan Shalom said Israel is using the money to fund its own counter-terrorism activities.
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