The State Attorney's Office Announces: Not Ready to Transfer the Details of the Corona Loan Agreement to Ramallah • Lavi Organization and "Choosing Life" Forum: "State Refusal - Concerns"

• Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas // Photo: AFP

The state refuses to pass on to the Lavi organization and the "Choosing in Life" the details of the Corona loan agreement to the Palestinian Authority. The refusal comes after the High Court ordered the state to respond to the request within three days, in a petition filed by the organizations against the state, detailing some reasons for their opposition to granting the loan to the Palestinian Authority.

At the hearing, High Court Judge Noam Solberg ordered the state to respond to petitioners' request for review of the loan agreement, with the aim of being able to submit the agreement to public scrutiny. Solberg ordered that respondents "respond to petitioners as soon as possible within three days."

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However, near the end of the three stipulated days, a reply was received from the State stating that it refuses to transfer to the petitioners the loan agreement in question. In a reply, sent by a lawyer from the State Attorney's Office in the State Attorney's Office, it is alleged that "the respondents' final position on the application has not yet been formulated. Therefore, the Respondents cannot transfer their position to the application at this time. "In response, the Attorney General directed the petitioners' counsel to apply for freedom of information.

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The Lavi organization and the "Chosen On Life" forum that filed the petition stated that "the Israeli government's refusal to disclose the details of the grant to NIS 1 billion to Palestinians is worrying, and teaches that those responsible for this grant understand that this will not undergo public scrutiny." It is possible that such an unusual transfer is done without transparency and without the public being given the opportunity to criticize the move. "

Remember, this is a loan of NIS 800 million, which the State of Israel will grant to the Palestinian Authority due to the Corona epidemic and its consequences. This is a loan with the most lenient conditions: the repayments will only begin after half a second of the loan, the payments will be spread over 24 months and all at a zero interest rate of only 1%.

Palestinian Police // Photo: AFP

Contrary to the state's claim that the loan was intended to address the Corona crisis, a study by the Palestinian Media Institute showed that Palestinian Authority revenues in the first quarter of 2020 were significantly higher than in the same period last year, while that of the Palestinian population was very low, amounting to 628 cases.

Real concern that the loan will not be repaid

The bereaved families and terror victims are fighting the loan, and have filed a petition with the High Court together with the Lavi organization. In a petition filed by Adv. For carrying out terrorist attacks and acts of terror against Israeli citizens. We also noted that there is a real concern that the funds will not be returned to the State of Israel at the end of the due date.