In Israel and the Occupied Territorities, Palestinian officials in the Fatah-controlled West Bank are demanding Israel release the full amount of Palestinian tax revenue it’s frozen for more than a year. Israel promised to hand over the funds after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the democratically elected Hamas-led government last month. But Palestinians say Israel has transferred just just one-fifth of the more than $600 million owed.

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat: “I need to remind you here that this money is Palestinian money, it’s not an Israeli money. These are Palestinian revenues. As I said, we are under occupation. We don’t have airports. We don’t have harbors. So all our imports come through Israeli ports and Israeli harbors and airports. In accordance with the past protocol, Israel collects these revenues for us, deduct a surcharge of 3 percent and then transfer the rest, which is equivalent to $55 to $60 million a month. Today I believe we have more than $600 million. Israel had transferred 20 percent of it. And we need to transfer the whole lot.”