Israel suspends clearance-revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority — Key Events — Levant

What happened

According to the World Bank, Israel completely suspended transfers of clearance revenue to the PA in May 2025. The PA subsequently paid public salaries at roughly 50–60 per cent. Israel's finance minister has described the freeze as a response to the PA's international moves and its payments to prisoners' families.

It converted the Paris Protocol's collection arrangement into the PA's most acute constraint, and it is the context of the June 2026 law that puts deductions into statute. The PA's and Israel's cumulative "withheld" totals measure different things and are never compared as one figure.

Confidence: Moderate

WhenMay 2025

KindEconomic · Political

ArenaWest Bank & Jerusalem

Confidence: Moderate Sources: World Bank — West Bank and Gaza and Lebanon economic monitoring and damage assessments ↗ · Palestinian Authority statements and documents · Israeli government statements and documents (PMO, MFA, Ministry of Defense)↗ Methodology Corrections

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Economic2026-10-12Does money reach the Palestinian Authority's payroll and public services, and through which channel?Baseline

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