Israel secretly transferred hundreds of millions of shekels to the Palestinian Authority to prevent its collapse - but the Palestinians returned the money, Kan 11 News reported on Sunday.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon discussed this subject during a meeting on Sunday, according to the report. The meeting was also attended by the head of the National Security Council, Meir Ben-Shabbat, and the two discussed the possibility of persuading PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to accept hundreds of millions of shekels from Israel.