PA PM: Israel must stop “theft” of PA tax transfers, international community must investigate
Headline: "Shtayyeh called to create an international system to monitor the fulfillment of the commitments and check the Israeli deductions"
"[PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called on the donor states to agree to create a monitoring system to measure the fulfillment of the commitments and agreements in order to make these meetings more effective and to obligate Israel to monitor the fulfillment of its political obligations. Shtayyeh said this in regard to violations of international decisions and agreements that were signed by Israel and its continued shirking of its obligations.
During the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) donor meeting that was held at the UN headquarters in New York, … the prime minister demanded to stop the illegal Israeli deductions (i.e., referring to Israel's Anti "Pay-for-Slay" Law to deduct terror salaries; see note below) that constitute a blatant violation of the Paris protocol (i.e., the Paris agreement, see note below) and to stop the use of the Palestinian tax money for political extortion.
Shtayyeh continued: 'The theft of our money must stop. We call to carry out an immediate and independent investigation in order to guarantee precision, fairness, and transparency in the transfer of our tax money in an orderly fashion and without delays or exorbitant management fees."