Warning against calls to stop transactions between Israeli and Palestinian banks. Dr.
Ramzi Halabi, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, said that any decision to cancel the compensation insurance system for Israeli banks that deal with Palestinian banks will hit the Palestinian economy. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wants, behind halting dealings, to strike Palestinian banks, he said. Halabi said it is not possible to separate the Israeli economy from its Palestinian counterpart, noting that dealing in shekels has become a normal thing in areas of the Palestinian Authority.