Israeli Channel 12 said that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed on a mechanism that allows the Authority to receive funds that Israel has been withholding since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli channel, the agreed-upon mechanism allows Israel to view the names of those who will receive the authority’s salaries in the Gaza Strip.
The channel indicates that this mechanism was implemented after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas approved the proposal of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
According to this mechanism, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will have to do this to transfer the delayed funds to the Authority, which will transfer salary payments to Gaza.
Israel claims that members of Hamas in Gaza receive salaries from the Palestinian Authority.
Under interim peace agreements, the Israeli Ministry of Finance collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinians and makes monthly transfers to the Palestinian Authority in what are known as clearing funds, an arrangement that sparks ongoing disputes.
Earlier this month, Smotrich directed the freezing of Palestinian clearance funds, due to what he said was the Authority’s failure to condemn the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation.
