(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Israel has agreed to disburse Palestinian tax revenues in their entirety, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said Friday.
He added that the Israeli government had agreed to transfer the funds € covering four months, from December 2014 to March 2015 € to his government.
"Civil servants will receive their April salaries in full," Hamdallah said in a statement.
He did not say, however, how his government had reached agreement with Israel or when exactly the funds would be disbursed.
Since last December, Israel has withheld millions of dollars in Palestinian tax revenue to protest the Palestinian government's decision to join several international treaties and organizations, including the International Criminal Court.
Palestinian tax revenues on goods coming in or out of the Palestinian territories are collected by Israel € to the tune of some $175 million each month € on behalf of the Palestinian government.
The funds are generally used to cover the salaries of Palestinian civil servants.
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