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EU tells Israel to release Palestinian customs duties

category international | eu | other press author Tuesday March 13, 2012 20:24author by a

The European Commissioner for external relations has said Israel should transfer money due to the Palestinian Authority it has held back since Hamas won the Palestinian elections in January.

In an interview with Austrian newspaper Der Standard on Monday, Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Israel should release customs duties of 60 million euros per month to the PA’s interim government. "It would be important that the Israelis are paying out what is actually Palestinian money, the customs duties." Full text at:

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