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Originally posted by ltl/fb
OK, if I acted as your agent and collected money from a rental property you own, and then you decided that you thought Dick Cheney was AWESOME and became an insane NeoCon, would that mean I didn't have to give you the rental money? I think Israel, not trusting Palestinians, collects stuff that's due to them. Kinda like how my aunt used to get money from the East German government, who collected it from people who rented property that somehow or other her family had before WWII and managed to continue to own.
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Maybe a better comparison would be when Jimmy Carter ordered the freezing of assets belonging to the state of Iran after the American hostages were seized in 1979. Or his cancellation of the delivery of weapons that were bought and paid for by the state of Iran.
At any rate, in addition, I suspect that Israel has a colorable argument that the Palestinian Authority is in breach of the agreement under which Israel collects taxes and customs for the PA, and that that is the formal basis for their continued hold on payments.
