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Tuesday 06 Jan 2015 - 13:28 Makkah mean time-15-3-1436  Jerusalem (IINA) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Monday he opposed a freeze in the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians in response to their application to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), AFP reported.
"Freezing taxes can be useful neither for Israel nor for the Palestinians," Rivlin told ambassadors accredited to Israel in a speech.
Israel on Saturday delayed the transfer of $127 million it collects on behalf of the Palestinians in retaliation for the Palestinian move to join the ICC and to press war crimes charges.
The tax revenues make up two thirds of the Palestinian Authority's annual budget, excluding foreign aid.
"Sanctions against the Palestinian Authority should be in line with Israeli interests, and a tax freeze is not," Rivlin said.
The Palestinian ICC bid is firmly opposed by Israel and the United States, and follows a failed draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a final peace deal.
Israel suggested on Sunday that the tax freeze was only the first of a series of punitive measures it could take against the Palestinian government.
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