Israel-Iran Israeli finance minister Smotrich, under pressure from US treasury secretary Janet Yellen, will sign a waiver to extend cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian banks for another month after the cabinet agrees. Smotrich in June extended this waiver, which allows cooperation between Israel’s banking system and Palestinian banks in the West Bank, but only for four months, through the end of October. This waiver restricts Israeli banks from paying shekels for services and salaries affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, allowing it to process without any risk of criminal charges. money laundering and financing terrorism. If this had not happened, Palestinian banks would have been disconnected from the Israeli financial system.War Live: Israeli Smotrich to sign waiver of cooperation of Palestinian banks for one month