Israel, which is responsible for collecting Palestinian import taxes and making monthly transfers to the Palestinian Authority (PA), is holding back about $1.8bn in tax revenue, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, according to Al Jazeera.
In a statement, the ministry described Israel’s withholding of the funds as a “colonialist, racist political schemes, part of the broader strategy of genocide, displacement and annexation”.
Israel has repeatedly used its control of Palestinian finances to exert pressure or punish the PA.