Israel has agreed to resume tax revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority to fund basic services and bolster the occupied West Bank economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, adding that the money has begun to flow. Yellen revealed the shift at a news conference in Brazil on Tuesday, saying that the revenue transfers “must continue,” but warning that Israeli restrictions on the movement of Palestinian workers was stalling commerce in both the occupied West Bank and Israel.

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