RAMALLAH, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA) slammed Monday an Israeli court ruling demanding Palestinians to pay compensation for the families of Israeli victims killed in early 2001.
Eassa Qaraqe', head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Detainees Affairs Commission, said in a statement "we won't pay for occupiers and killers of Palestinians."
He said that this comes in breach of the Geneva Fourth Convention and cautioned of the repercussions of the Israeli schemes "to annex the West Bank." He described the decision as "blackmailing and theft."
Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported Sunday that a Jerusalem court ruled against the PNA to pay an amount of nearly 17 million U.S. dollars to a family of three Israeli victims killed in an operation by Fatah party's military wing six years ago.
Fatah Party Central Council member is one of those accused of killing the three Israelis. The court ruling requested the PNA to pay 40 percent of the fine and the rest by the families of the perpetrators.
