The United Nations urged on Tuesday the need to find a “sustainable resolution” to the Palestinian Authority’s worsening financial crisis. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo warned before the UN Security Council that the crisis is threatening the PA with “financial collapse.” Israel is withholding about $11 million of the roughly $180 million a month in tax funds that it collects for the Palestinians, claiming that money was being used to support families of militants. The Palestinians, in protest, have refused to accept any of the tax transfers, explained The Associated Press. "Israels so-called withholding of Palestinian tax revenues is blatant theft, violating bilateral agreements and the Geneva Convention prohibition on the pillaging of the occupied peoples resources," Riyad Mansour, the Palestinians ambassador at the UN, told the council. Without the funds, the PA has cut most workers salaries in half since March, though salaries will be raised to 60 percent this month because of the holy month of Ramadan. The lowest paid employees who earn less than $600 a month continue to get full pay, but most civil servants have higher salaries. DiCarlo called on both sides to address the underlying causes of the financial crisis, implement their bilateral agreements, and avoid actions that undermine security and stability for both Palestinians and Israelis. She also urged the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, which coordinates development aid to the Palestinians, to use its meeting Tuesday in Brussels to work with Israel and the PA to resolve the crisis. In addition to the tax revenue, the Trump administration has cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the Palestinians. Last month, the head of the UN agency that helps 5.3 million Palestinian refugees called for equal generosity from donors who filled a $446 million hole in its budget last year after the US drastically cut its contribution. Pierre Krahenbuhl said donors funded the UN Relief and Works Agencys $1.2 billion budget for 2018 after the US reduced its $360 million contribution in 2017 to just $60 million. He said the UN agency also adopted a $1.2 billion budget for 2019, and this year it is getting nothing from the United States. US President Donald Trump said in January 2018 that the Palestinians must return to peace talks to receive US aid money. “Our position is as it was: We will not receive any money from Israel if it is incomplete,” PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the weekly cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. “This is something we will not accept at any cost,” AFP quoted him as saying. He also warned that Israel is seeking to legalize its deduction of the taxes it collects on behalf of the PA. The Arab League pledged last week to provide the PA with $100 million monthly, potentially averting a financial crisis caused by the row.