The deduction in question is from the payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab League's foreign ministers meeting to discuss unannounced U.S. blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace, in Cairo, Egypt, April 21, 2019.(photo credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH, TOVAH LAZAROFF