(Jerusalem Post) - Foreign Minister Shimon Peres pledged Wednesday night to transfer another NIS 70 million of frozen Palestinian tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority as part of its effort to ameliorate the Palestinians' standard of living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a meeting with Palestinian officials, the sides also discussed Israel's proposal to pull back IDF troops from the Gaza Strip and hand over responsibility for security there to the PA. "Israel is ready to talk about every place where the PA can prove it can handle security," Peres said.
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