For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 16, 2002
Joint Statement Between the United States of America and Israel
As part of the effort to further Palestinian reform, the President
of the United States and the Prime Minister of Israel agreed that the
Government of Israel would consider favorably the gradual return and
scheduled transfer of all PA tax funds collected by Israel on the
unequivocal condition that there would be full U.S.-led monitoring to
ensure that these funds will only be used for the economic and civil
activities of the Palestinian community and to prevent the use of these
funds for terrorist activity of any kind.
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