Why Israel is threatened by the Palestinian Authority – Mondoweiss

It isn’t news that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is in a deep crisis, and much of it is caused by Israel’s policy of economic strangulation. The Israeli government has been blocking the PA’s customs money, making it increasingly difficult to continue running public services, security, and its own bureaucracy. Israel’s hardline Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, is threatening not to renew the indemnity that allows Israeli banks to deal with Palestinian banks, and if he goes…