The Palestinian Authority owes money to the Israeli government for water, for energy, for infrastructure, so it is only reasonable that some of this would be withheld to pay for these obligations".
Olympus said the report would be withheld as it waited for an outside panel to conclude an investigation of more than $1 billion that the company had admitted was used to hide trading losses.
While the official could not specify how much money would be withheld, the United States provided about $25 million for the last elections.
The turnout of grandees at the premiere, from fashion's Anna Wintour to former New York police commissioner Ray Kelly, seemed to settle the debate over whether support for him would be withheld after allegations of child molestation were renewed in the New York Times this year.
Only at the 11th hour, under threat that the money would be withheld, did the government reimburse the Global Fund for the missing funds.
Some, for instance, feared that doctors would deliberately remove a patient's organs before the patient had died, while others believed that life-saving medical care would be withheld so that patients could become eligible for organ donation.
Mr. Rumsfeld gave Belgium six months to do so or funds for the NATO headquarters would be withheld.
Some women also reported that they felt that further antenatal care services would be withheld if they did not consent to be tested for HIV.
The union, the United Federation of Teachers, said Monday that it would appeal the ruling, and lawyers for the city said the rankings would be withheld pending the outcome.
