Israel withholding $46m in Palestinian Authority tax revenues: report

Israel’s Channel 12 says that Israeli Finance Minster Bezalel Smotrich is reportedly withholding some 170 million shekels ($46m) in tax revenue for the Palestinian Authority.

Quoting anonymous sources, the channel says the funds have been withheld for nine days in response to the PA's attempt to get the International Ciminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in the war on Gaza.

Israel collects tax revenues on behalf of the PA, and had previously threatened to take actions that would lead to the PA's collapse should the ICC ever issue arrest warrants.