TULKARM, May 10, 2011 (WAFA) – Nationalist forces in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm Tuesday called for a boycott of Israeli products in response for Israel’s decision to withhold Palestinian tax revenues.

Israel decided to withhold more than $100 million in tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority every month on goods entering its ports but destined to the Palestinian Territory in retaliation for reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. The decision prevented the PA from paying April salaries to about 150,000 Palestinian public employees.

Israel aims through this decision to sabotage the reconciliation agreement, delay the recognition of the Palestinian state in September, and punish the Palestinian people, said the nationalist forces. The Palestinians must therefore boycott the Israeli products and stand united in support of the reconciliation agreement, they said.

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