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Norway to help transfer tax funds frozen by Israel to Palestinian Authority

Palestinians chant slogans and wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration in solidarity with Gaza in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]

Norway says it will help facilitate the transfer of tax revenues, collected by Israel and bound for the Palestinian Authority (PA), in order to prevent the financial collapse of the authority that partially governs the occupied West Bank.

“The Palestinian Authority will be able to pay salaries, thus making it possible to continue to provide essential services to the Palestinian population, keep schools open, and ensure that health workers are paid,” the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday.

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