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| US denies telling banks to stop working with Palestinians |
| 2019-02-13 |
| [IsrelTimes] PA accused Washington of launching ’financial siege’ on West Bank amid breakdown in relations. The United States has denied accusations it is pressuring banks to stop dealing with the Paleostinian Authority, whose relations with Washington have been plummeting. Several Paleostinian officials have accused the US of trying to force banks not to deal with transactions linked to the Paleostinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the West Bank. "The United States has not requested that foreign donors restrict assistance to the Paleostinians, nor has it requested that financial institutions cease transfers to Paleostinian Authority (PA) bank accounts," a US official told AFP late Monday. "We are aware of media reports suggesting this has occurred. Those reports are incorrect," he said. PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki has said on local radio that the US was using "all means to press Arab countries to stop financial support for our people." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 "Stop working with gun buyers and sellers in the US, but do whatever everywhere else, as long as it isn't Iran..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-13 00:50 |