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Israel approves plan to transfer Gaza tax funds to Norway

A Palestinian refugee walks past a destroyed houses in the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem following an Israeli raid [File: Nasser Nasser/AP]

Taxes collected by Israel and bound for Gaza will be held in Norway, instead of being sent to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to a plan approved by Israeli officials.

“The frozen funds will not be transferred to the Palestinian Authority, but will remain in the hands of a third country,” said a statement released on Sunday by the Israeli prime minister’s office.

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