Er, nope.
Israel still holds major control over Palestine, one aspect of which is income. You see, Israel collects the tax then hands it to the Palestinian Authority...but only if the PA have been good.
But the PA have been bad...because they recently decided to try to obtain justice for what happened last summer by joining the ICC.
Israel's response is to withhold tax receipts that should by law be paid by Israel to the PA.
But Israel is above the law, innit?
MOSCOW, January 3 (Sputnik) – Israel allegedly decided to freeze a monthly transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian authorities after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a request to join the International Criminal Court, Reuters reports, citing an Israeli official.
The monthly tax revenues amount to approximately $125 million. Palestinians use the funds to run their government and pay salaries to those employed in the public sector. Israel collects customs duties and taxes on behalf of the Palestinian authorities under the 1993 agreements, known as the Oslo Accords, according to the Jerusalem Post.
[source : Israel Withholds Palestinian Tax Revenues Following ICC Membership Bid, Sputnik, http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150103/1016494750.html, 3rd January 2014]
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