Despite the sanctions of the occupation .. The Authority paid the salaries of the prisoners and the families of the martyrs in full

The Palestinian Authority said on Monday that it would pay the salaries of prisoners and families of martyrs and wounded in full despite the sanctions approved by Israel, which is the deduction of part of the tax revenues owed to the Authority.

The Palestinian Ministry of Finance and Planning announced in a statement that the prisoners, the released prisoners and the families of the martyrs and the wounded will receive their full salaries Tuesday for March, while half of the salary will be paid to public sector employees for the same month.

The statement pointed out that the salaries of public officials will be paid by 50% by a minimum of two thousand shekels for all segments of the employees, and ten thousand shekels for ministers and the like, judges and the diplomatic corps.

The announcement by the Palestinian Authority to pay the salaries of prisoners and families of martyrs and wounded in full after the signing of the Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon decision to deduct about $ 12 million per month of Palestinian tax revenues, equivalent to the Authority provides salaries to the families of martyrs and wounded, and prisoners. Tel Aviv and Washington consider paying salaries to these groups in support of what they call "terrorism."

The Palestinian Authority refused last month to receive tax revenues after deducting the same amount of Israel, and confirmed that it will not accept the receipt of tax revenues is incomplete, which led to a financial crisis that led to the deduction of amounts of salaries of Palestinian employees paid by the Authority.

Last month, the Palestinian Authority disbursed 40% of the salaries of public employees. The total allocations of prisoners and families of the martyrs were distributed. The list of tax revenues collected by Israel for the Palestinians amounted to approximately $ 193 million last month.

In the statement published today, the Palestinian Ministry of Finance and Planning said that there is no change in the position of the Palestinian leadership and the government by refusing to receive tax revenues due to the Authority, less any illegal amounts, or not approved by the Palestinian side.

The number of employees of the Palestinian Authority is about 160 thousand employees, and the value of their monthly salaries 130 million dollars.

In his speech at the Arab summit in Tunis on Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked for a financial safety net for the Palestinian Authority to help it meet its financial obligations.

The final communiqué of the Summit reaffirmed the commitment of Member States to provide financial support to the budget of the State of Palestine and its financial safety net to enable it to cope with the economic and financial pressures and difficulties it is facing and to contribute to strengthening the steadfastness of the Palestinian people.