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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (757582)1/19/2007 5:07:53 PM
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Israel Releases $100M in Frozen Tax Funds to Palestinians

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
19 January 2007

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Israel is easing an economic boycott on the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, releasing funds for the first time in 10 months. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is part of Israel's strategy to strengthen Palestinian moderates while weakening the radicals.

Israel has released $100 million in frozen tax funds and transferred the money to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It was the first such transfer of funds since the Islamic militant group Hamas took power in March....

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