Palestinian Authority employees may soon be receiving long-overdue salaries after Israel agreed to release tens of millions of dollars in held tax funds that were intended for the Palestinian Authority treasury. The Israeli government on Sunday, 21 January, approved a plan for frozen Palestinian tax funds to be held by a third-party country, Norway, and reserved the right to decide when the money will be transferred to the Palestinian Authority. According to an estimate by a Palestinian official, Israel has deducted nearly US$400 million, money it says the Palestinian Authority uses to pay emp…