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Israel close to sending $100 mln to Abbas-official

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JERUSALEM, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Israel hopes to release nearly $100 million in withheld Palestinian tax revenues to President Mahmoud Abbas by Friday, part of a U.S.-led push to bolster the moderate leader, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.

Abbas could use the money to help make long-overdue salary payments to Palestinian public sector workers, hard hit by a Western and an Israeli embargo of the Hamas-led government.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been under U.S. pressure to take steps to strengthen Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas.

During his first formal meeting with Abbas on Dec. 23, Olmert promised to hand over the $100 million and to remove roadblocks in the occupied West Bank.

Haaretz

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