Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to assist the Palestinian Authority to meet its financial obligation to its employees in the light of the refusal by the government of Israel to transfer funds collected each month on the Authority's behalf in taxes and revenue.

We have been raising this issue regularly with Israeli officials. Most recently, our Ambassador to Israel and the Head of the Near East Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office raised our deep concerns about the impact of Israel’s withholding of transfer of tax revenues when they met with the Israeli National Security Adviser on 9 March. We are deeply concerned by Israel’s decision to freeze the transfer of tax revenues and the impact this will have on the Palestinian Authority (PA). Israel must continue to fulfil its obligations under the Oslo Accords, including through the transfer of tax revenue to the PA.