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Monday, December 05, 2011

Israel to get German sub after unfreezing Palestinian funds

Dolphin classIsrael will get a German submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles after lifting its freeze on funds to the Palestinian Authority this month, German media reported Sunday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told German lawmakers that she had dropped her opposition to the subsidized sale of a submarine to Israel - the sixth in two decades - after the Jewish sate agreed last week to unfreeze the transfer of $100 million a month in customs duties and other funds to the Palestinian Authority.

Israel had been withholding the funds in retaliation for the Palestinians unilaterally seeking statehood recognition at the United Nations and gaining a seat on the U.N.’s science and culture agency.

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