Israel freezes funds for Palestinian prisoners’ families
Israel's parliament has passed a law that withholds hundreds of millions of dollars in funds from the Palestinians over welfare payments given to prisoners and their families. The Knesset, Israel's parliament, approved on Monday the law with 87 of the 120 legislators voting in favour and 15 opposing. The new legislation will deduct the money that the Palestinians allocate to prisoners and others killed by Israeli forces from taxes collected […]