PA Denies Deal to Restart Tax Transfers

Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/11/11 | Gavriel Queenann

[Eleutheria5]

Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Thursday dismissed reports Ramallah had offered to drop its bid to join United Nations agencies in exchange for Israel unfreezing tax revenue transfers to the cash strapped PA.

Israel froze tax revenues transferred to the PA under bilateral agreements -- amounting to some $100 million each month -- after it began a unilateral track proscribed by the Oslo Accords at the United Nations.

Jerusalem's decision to freeze tax revenues came when UNESCO voted to induct the PA as a full member state despite a failed application for recognition of statehood in the Security Council.

Erekat told the PA's semi-official Ma'an News the reported deal was "nonsense" and insisted the PLO would continue to seek full membership of the United Nations.

"This is nonsense and we are determined to apply for membership. We should stop dealing with Israeli propaganda."

PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi also denied the report.

"This report is completely untrue, and the Israeli media tools are not the source of information for the Palestinian positions and decisions," she told Maan.

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[Eleutheria5]

Whew. I was afraid we might actually start giving them money again.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They want to be part of the Useless Nations... why should anyone, even Israel, give a fig?

[Eleutheria5]

So we can stop “negotiating” with them, stop giving them money, and stop bulldozing the homes of our own people. They did this, so Oslo is dead and buried. As the Poles would say, “ala ‘zgine, tak i dobrze,” (But it’s stuck in the ice. Good and lovely).

[Beagle8U]

“As the Poles would say, “ala ‘zgine, tak i dobrze,” (But it’s stuck in the ice. Good and lovely).”

North or South pole, either one will get you stuck in the ice./sarc.