PA PM adamant not to succumb to pressure regarding terrorists' salaries
“Prime Minister of the transitional [PA] government Rami Hamdallah said: ‘We are prepared for all scenarios if Israel cuts the Palestinian tax refund money (refers to potential implementation of an Israeli law deducting terror salaries from taxes Israel collects for the PA –Ed.). We have worked in recent years to organize the expenses, and we have increased the revenue and domestic product in order to deal with a drop of approximately 71% in external aid. We will not agree to receive any financial aid or any political money in exchange for relinquishing our basic national principles.’
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Hamdallah said this during his speech at the inauguration of the new [PA] Ministry of Education ‘Jaffa’ building yesterday [Feb. 7, 2019] in Ramallah.”