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customs collected since last April.
I think we all like looking at cake, maybe, and we know how important it is to the culture, and so we want to do it justice.
Israel has long criticized this payment system, arguing it incentivizes violence against Israel.
And under pressure to reform, the Palestinian Authority, or the PA, stopped the payments.
And while countries like the U.S.
and Israel support this, the move has caused widespread outrage among Palestinians.
Jamal al-Khafre's son was held in an Israeli prison for 23 months without charges.
He once would have gotten money from the PA, but they told him this time to apply for welfare instead.
Al-Khafri said he refused to, calling it an insult to his dignity, he says.
They say they don't keep up with the sport.
The 78-year-old Lai once ran one of Hong Kong's most popular tabloids and was unabashedly outspoken against Beijing and its increasing control over the region.
often attending anti-Beijing protests as well.
He was arrested along with several of his senior colleagues in 2020, and he has been in prison since.
His daughter, Claire Lai, told NPR shortly before his verdict that her father's health has worsened dramatically.
Her father faced up to life in prison, but she and his legal team have argued that even a 20-year sentence is tantamount to a life sentence.
China's Southern Theater Command, which oversees the South China Sea, said it had deployed patrols all last week in the area to counter a country China left unnamed.