Israel has proposed using a portion of the several billions of dollars in clearance revenues it is withholding from the Palestinian Authority to pay for the clearing of rubble for construction projects in Gaza, a PA official told The Times of Israel on Thursday.

Another idea proposed by Israel was using the clearance revenues to cover the cost of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s operations during the war, according to the PA official.

Ramallah opposes both ideas, arguing that Israel has no right to use its “stolen” funds for rebuilding what the Israel Defense Forces destroyed in the Gaza Strip during the war, the PA official asserted.

He expressed further opposition to PA funds offsetting “war crimes” — a reference to repeated shootings of aid........

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