Smotrich freezes tax-revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority

As finance minister, on 30 October 2023 — early in the Gaza war — Bezalel Smotrich froze the transfer of clearance (tax) revenues Israel collects on the PA's behalf, part of a sustained drive to choke the Authority's finances while expanding West Bank settlement activity. The squeeze deepened the PA's fiscal crisis and drew warnings from international donors and even parts of Israel's own security establishment.

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Religious Zionism Party

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Bezalel Smotrich minister

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Gara, T. (2026). Smotrich freezes tax-revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/d62aea2e-4a15-4b60-bae3-bbad0d181d9a

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@misc{tayyar-event-d62aea2e-4a15-4b60-bae3-bbad0d181d9a,
  title     = {{Smotrich freezes tax-revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/d62aea2e-4a15-4b60-bae3-bbad0d181d9a},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-10-30. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-10-30. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.