In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “complex system which may involve payment to the palestinian national authority and/or israel”. Today it says “subject to the oslo accords”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
In 2005 the Palestinian Authority collected approximately $34 million per month from taxes and other charges, and Israel collected about $75 million per month in tariffs on foreign imports and value added taxes (VAT) on Israeli goods and services and on average kept about $15 million for the payment of water and power bills of Palestinians, while forwarding the other $60 million to the PA. Israel collected funds account for about two-thirds of the authority's self-generated revenue, which Reuters put at $100 million in December 2012. Since the 2006 Palestinian legislative election , Israel has regularly withheld the taxes it owes the Palestinian Authority.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Taxation in the Palestinian territories is a complex system which may involve payment to the Palestinian National Authority and/or Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Paris Protocol established a customs union , which essentially formalized the existing situation where the Palestinian economy was merged into the Israeli one.Formally, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is entitled to collect taxes from the Palestinians in the Palestinian territories, but some 75% of the total tax revenue was as of 2014 collected by Israel on behalf of the PA and transferred on monthly basis.Israel has occasionally withheld the taxes it owes the Palestinian Authority.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Paris Protocol established a customs union , which essentially formalized the existing situation, where the Palestinian economy was merged into the Israeli one. Formally, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is entitled to collect taxes from the Palestinians in the Palestinian territories, but some 75% of PA's total tax revenue was as of 2014 collected by Israel on behalf of the PA and transferred to the PA on a monthly basis. Israel has occasionally withheld the taxes it owes the PA.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “complex system which may involve payment to the palestinian national authority and/or israel”. Today it says “subject to the oslo accords”. Read the current article and compare.
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complex system which may involve payment to the palestinian national authority and/or israel
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subject to the oslo accords
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