Israel announced on Friday that it would impose sanctions on the Palestinian Authority to make it “pay” for its recent efforts to get the UN to look into Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, AFP reported, according to Agerpres.

The decision was made on Thursday at the first meeting of the security cabinet of the new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and the most right-wing in the history of Israel.

The closed cabinet decided to transfer to the families of victims of Palestinian attacks about 139 million shekels (37.3 million euros) of what Israel collects as customs duties, to the account of the Palestinian Authority, the press service of the prime minister said. .

Israel will also withhold other funds raised for the Palestinian Authority equivalent to the value of transfers it made in 2022 to “terrorists and their families,” the statement added, which did not specify the amount.

The Palestinian Authority provides monthly stipends to the families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel for committing anti-Israel attacks, as well as those it describes as “martyrs,” Palestinians killed in anti-Israel attacks or in clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank.

The Security Cabinet also decided to freeze Palestinian construction projects in some sectors of this Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

According to the statement, these decisions were taken after the adoption on December 31 at the request of the Palestinian Authority of the resolution of the UN General Assembly, which requires the International Court of Justice (IC) to analyze the issue of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Adopted two days after the inauguration of the new Israeli government, the non-binding resolution also calls on Israel to end Jewish settlements in the West Bank and asks the International Court of Justice to determine “the legal consequences of Israel’s continued violation of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.” – determination”.

Condemning the “political and legal war against the State of Israel” launched by the Palestinian Authority, Netanyahu’s government says it “will not sit idly by” and will “respond accordingly”.