However, it's not the kind of withdrawal that the Palestinians were hoping for. Rather than leave illegally occupied territory, the IDF (the most moral army in the world) has taken to robbing banks... again.
Israeli troops have raided a bank and the offices of money-changers in West Bank towns, confiscating funds they say were intended to fund militants.Source
The army said it seized almost $1.5m (£0.8m) in raids on premises in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm and Ramallah.
The money had mostly come from Syria and Iran and was intended for Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, the army said.
Palestinian sources have said that millions of dollars, documents and files were "stolen" in the raids.
At least eight currency exchange offices and a small bank were destroyed, the Israeli army said.
Not content with withholding Palestinian tax revenue and persuading America and Europe to cut aid to the desperate PA in order to starve the Palestinians into recognising the kleptocracy which has stolen their land, Israel has stooped to helping itself to the meagre funds remaining. This is not the first time that Israel has resorted to robbing Palestinian banks using the excuse that what little money the Palestinians have is obviously for the use of terrorism. In 1994 the IDF raided four banks stealing millions of dollars in cash.
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Surely some of this money has come from the EU ?
Inshallah they'll recycle it back to us (after deducting a handling fee) and we'll all get a tax rebate.
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