(Times of Israel) Aaron Boxerman - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at Gantz's home on Tuesday, the first such meeting between Abbas and a senior Israeli official inside Israel in over a decade. Gantz announced a series of measures intended to prop up the PA and ease Palestinian daily life. Israel will provide the PA with a NIS100 million loan ($32.2 million) and will legalize the status of 9,500 undocumented Palestinians and foreigners living in the West Bank and Gaza. Dozens of senior Palestinian officials will receive VIP permits to cross through Israeli checkpoints and 1,100 Palestinian businessmen will receive commercial passes.
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