Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with his cabinet to approve the release of $600 million of frozen tax monies to the Palestinian Authority in order to strengthen PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The money was collected from the wages of Arab residents of PA-controlled areas who work for Israeli employers. It was frozen for several months in order to prevent it from being funneled to Hamas, which at that time led the PA together with Fatah.
--Jews in Spain have formed the Association for the Solidarity of Israel-Spain in an effort to counter anti-Israeli bias in the country and particularly in the media.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, speaking at the Caeseria Conference in Jerusalem, emphasized that he will carry out planned expulsions from Jewish communities unilaterally only if there is no partner.