Israel collects about $100 million in customs, border and some income taxes each month that it then transfers to the Palestinians' government in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the building of 2,000 new housing units, mostly in East Jerusalem -- areas the Palestinians hope to one day claim as their state, Al Jazeera reports. Netanyahu said the housing units are in areas that would be part of Israel in a future agreement.
JERUSALEM — It was another weekend of Israel’s new normal: missiles flying in from Gaza, tension on the southern border with Egypt and ongoing social protests.
Journalists said they should be allowed to cover a legitimate news story, but Israel said that the media would be involved in an illegal breach of its naval blockade of a hostile territory ruled by a terrorist group
Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery denunciation of the Palestinian reconciliation deal between rival factions Fatah and Hamas, the country’s diplomats actually see it as an opportunity, a confidential memo reveals.
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