After session with Mahmoud Abbas, Defense Minister Benny Gantz OK'd a series of measures designed to help relations with Palestinians.
— Israel's defense minister approved a raft of measures aimed at improving relations with the Palestinians on Wednesday following a rare meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Israel.
The two discussed security coordination between Israel and Abbas' Palestinian Authority, which administers pockets of the occupied West Bank. The tax transfers are a key source of funding for the cash-strapped Palestinians, but Israel has withheld funds over the PA's payment of stipends to thousands of families that have had relatives killed, wounded or imprisoned in the conflict. Israel says the payments incentivize terrorism, while the Palestinians say they provide crucial support to needy families.
Gantz's meeting with Abbas - the second in the six months since Bennett's coalition government took office - drew vocal criticism from Israeli opposition lawmakers, including former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, the largest in parliament.
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