GAZA, Sept 24 (KUNA) -- Israeli finance minister Yuval Steinitz called Saturday for imposing sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it continued its attempts to have a voting in the UN Security Council (UNSC) or the UN General Assembly on a statehood.
Steinitz was quoted by the Israeli radio as saying that Israel should "impose sanctions on the Palestinian Authority in such a case that includes halting of revenues of taxes on good imported to the Palestinian areas through Israeli ports." If the PA decided to start serious peace talks with Israel and shows readiness to achieve a settlement, he added, "then imposing such sanctions will not be necessary.
"The actions of PA in the next few days will determine the Israeli strategy in future," he said.
Revenues collected by Israel for the PA are amounted to around USD 135 million every month.
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