RAMALLAH, Thursday, February 21, 2019  (WAFA) – The Palestinian leadership is planning a series of steps to offset the recent Israeli decision to deduct over $130 million from the Palestinian tax revenues, including a boycott of Israeli products, a senior Fatah official said today.

Mahmoud Aloul, deputy chairman of Fatah movement, told Voice of Palestine radio that the committee mandated with implementing the decisions of the Palestinian  Central Council, which met in Ramallah yesterday, has decided on a number of steps to confront what he described as the Israeli piracy of Palestinian money.

He said these steps include a ban on entry of Israeli products into the Palestinian market, considered the largest market for Israeli agricultural exports, reconsidering ties with Israeli, mainly the Paris Economic Protocol that defines Palestinian-Israeli economic relations, going to international tribunals to hold Israel accountable for its theft of Palestinian tax revenues and urging the Arab countries to activate the financial safety net.

The Fatah official said other steps will be taken to get Israel to go back on its decision, including intensifying the peaceful popular protests.

He said the committee will remain in an open-ended meeting to follow up on the implications of the Israeli decision and the implementation of the decisions taken to confront it.

M.K.