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U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Israel should resume military operations in Gaza if all hostages are not released by the end of the week
Israel will resume the transfer of tax revenues levied on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, which had been suspended since January.
The re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified this move with rising humanitarian concerns, the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and the rise of extremism.
Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, the Israel military and the Shin Bet domestic security service have all supported the move, the BBC reports.
Israel suspended the payments as a retaliatory measure against the decision of Palestine to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and various other international treaties and covenants.
Following the accession of Palestine to the ICC, which will take effect on April 1, the Palestinians will be able to file lawsuits against Israel for alleged war crimes.
The suspension of tax revenues, which provide two-thirds of Palestine's income, forced Palestinians to cut the salaries of civil servants by 40 % and declare an emergency budget.
The governor of Palestine's central bank said that the freeze of tax transfers was resulting in rapid economic deterioration and exposed the banking system.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu clarified his position on an independent Palestinian state, saying that he is not rejecting the two-state solution outright, but was impossible at present.
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During an event at the Munich Security Conference dedicated to the accession of the Western Balkans to the European Union, North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski stated that his country has been a victim
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that he is prepared to send British troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that without military aid from the United States, Ukraine would face immense difficulties both in its defense and in securing its future
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