JERUSALEM – The U.S. is considering asking Israel to give some tax money it is withholding from the Palestinian Authority to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to fund his post-war plan for Gaza, five sources familiar with the matter said.
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to make a formal request to Israel, three officials with knowledge of U.S. deliberations with Israel said. The two other sources, Palestinians with knowledge of the deliberations, said that under the proposal a portion of the tax money would go to a U.S.-backed transitional government for Gaza and other funds to the Palestinian Authority if it makes reforms.
The Palestinian Authority puts the amount of tax being withheld at $5 billion.