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From Voice of America:
Israel Says No Tax Payments to Palestinians
Israeli officials say they are almost certain to suspend the transfer of millions of dollars in customs and tax revenues payments to the Palestinian Authority until they complete a policy review of the current situation in the Palestinian territories.
The review was ordered by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following last week's Palestinian legislative elections, which saw Hamas win 56 percent of the seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council.
"The whole idea that money would come from Israel and be transferred to the Palestinian Authority if that authority is led by an extremist terrorist group responsible for suicide bombings is almost as if we were to transfer money to have our own citizens killed in suicide bombings. There is no logic to that whatsoever," said Mark Regev, the spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry.
...Israeli spokesman Regev says Israel agreed to the payments under international accords - agreements that Hamas has rejected.
"The transfer of the money, which has been routine, is part of the accords signed between Israel and the PA [Palestinian Authority], part of the Oslo Agreement and the Paris Protocol," said Mark Regev. "Now Hamas, the new incoming leadership on the Palestinian side, say they reject all those agreements - from their point of view those agreements are null and void. So they cannot have it both ways. They cannot say they are against all these agreements and then, at the same time, expect Israel to keep the part of the agreement they want, which is the transfer of funds."
It's great to see Hamas at the mercy of the people it is devoted to destroy.
