US condemns Israel sanctions against PA as serving to increase tensions

The measures included stripping VIP benefits from PA officials that allowed them and their families permits to go through checkpoints that are closed to most Palestinians, or to move to the front of the line for faster passage. Other measures included seizing tax revenues Israel collects on behalf of the PA and freezing Palestinian construction in Area C of the Occupied West Bank
"This is part of the reason why we've opposed the Palestinian move when it comes to the ICJ, knowing that it would potentially only serve to increase tensions," Price said, after being questioned on the topic during the daily press briefing.
In an interview with Haaretz yesterday, PA Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, warned that the Israeli sanctions on the PA "will promptly lead to its collapse".
In regards to the ICJ opinion on Occupation, he added, "The Palestinian people are struggling under a vicious Occupation. We have the right to complain and tell the world we are in pain. Israel wants to prevent even the most non-violent way of fighting the Occupation."
Moreover, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Azzam Al-Ahmad, said Israel has one week to stop its punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority officials, or the PA will reconsider its relation with the Occupation State.

US condemns Israel sanctions against PA as 'serving to increase tensions'