(Ha'aretz) - Israel's Finance Ministry will turn over $15 million in Palestinian tax payments to the Palestinian Authority's finance minister today. The IDF will shorten curfews and lift some roadblocks. The curfew was lifted "indefinitely" in Kalkilya, and cancelled in Tulkarm and Hebron. The IDF will allow 12,000 Palestinians to enter Israel for work. Fishing zones off the Gaza Strip will be expanded. Palestinian public transportation restrictions will be eased. International aid organizations will be allowed to move more freely within the Palestinian territories. The Prime Minister's office also announced that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres would be "responsible for coordinating all activities to assist the civilian population in the Palestinian Authority territories."
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