Israel may agree to release Palestinian funds
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Israel is prepared to transfer withheld tax revenues to the Palestinians through a mechanism that guarantees none of the money will go to the Hamas-led government or militants, Israeli officials said on Thursday.
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Israel and the Palestinians have reached   an agreement to swap the Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza   with imprisoned Palestinians, Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Tens of thousands of Palestinian civil servants will be paid in full this week for the first time in more than a year after Israel released millions of dollars in tax funds frozen during Hamas rule, officials said yesterday.
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Israel intends to release 900  Palestinian prisoners as part of a package of goodwill measures  it plans to present at a summit with new Palestinian leader  Mahmoud Abbas next week, cabinet sources said Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel expressed hope yesterday that the new Palestinian government would be a "serious partner" for peace and promised to consider releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds.
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The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of frozen tax funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a step to bolster the moderate Palestinian leader against the Islamic militant group Hamas, Israel Radio reported.
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Israel transferred to the Palestinians on Sunday a portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax funds it had frozen for 17 months, hoping to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas while isolating Hamas.
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Seeing a rare and probably fleeting opportunity to influence the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the Bush administration is preparing financial assistance to help Palestinians
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The promised release reinforced hopes for a new push to end decades of conflict in the Middle East after Arafat&#39;s death. The prisoner release was agreed at Sharon&#39;s cabinet meeting.
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France says the medical files of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can be released upon demand to eligible parties, such as his family.
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JERUSALEM Israel hints that it might coordinate a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip -- if the Palestinians crack down on militants.
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Israel agreed last week to pay settlers in the Gaza Strip who voluntarily leave up to $500,000.
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Palestinian militants have agreed to a conditional release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier but Israel has not yet accepted their terms, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in remarks published Friday.
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Israel has agreed to release 170  Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian  election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted  Israeli spy, officials said Sunday.
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Â· Funds to boost support for president in West Bank  Â· Olmert offers concessions but 'no breakthrough'
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JERUSALEM -- Seeking to build on a shaky cease-fire with the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered yesterday to free prisoners, lift checkpoints, and release funds withheld from the Palestinian Authority in return for decisive steps toward peace.
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Israel will resume as early as Sunday the transfer of millions of dollars in tax funds to the Palestinians for the first time in 17 months to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas in a drive to further isolate Hamas.