Israel releases Palestinian funds
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Israel begins releasing tens of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority's President Abbas.
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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 has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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Israel transferred millions of dollars worth of tax funds to the new Palestinian government, allowing it to pay its workers in full for the first time in a year &#151; while skipping the ones who work for the Islamic Hamas in Gaza.
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Israel&#39;s Security Cabinet has approved the payment of cash advances of up to $500,000 per family for Jewish settlers ordered to leave the Gaza Strip under a controversial settler evacuation plan.
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KITSIYOT, Israel  - Israel began releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.- backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas Islamists.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy and to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election, officials said on Sunday.
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Israel said on Sunday it had begun transferring to the Palestinians some 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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In a gesture to Abbas, Israel plans to release 500 Palestinian prisoners this week.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners to boost ties between the Jewish state and Fatah party leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli official told CNN.
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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.
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An Israeli ministerial committee has approved the release, which the Israeli Cabinet approved last week. It&#39;s part of a promise Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made to Egypt&#39;s president to win the freedom of an Israeli jailed by Egypt on espionage charges.
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Israeli officials said it was a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, and to the new Palestinian leadership ahead of next month&#39;s Palestinian elections.
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Israel will resume monthly transfers of taxes to the government as well as return, in installments, about $600 million withheld from the Palestinians since early 2006.
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Israel has approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners, even as a Palestinian official gave the news a cool reception. A senior Israeli official said the release is an effort to create a spirit of reconciliation
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Ehud Olmert promised to cut checkpoints, release funds and free prisoners if the Palestinians returned to talks.
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JERUSALEM Israel&#39;s security cabinet on Tuesday approved a compensation package that would pay roughly $200,000 to $300,000 to each Jewish family that agreed to leave the Gaza Strip under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan.