Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials were due to meet Monday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered restrictions on the Palestinians eased. Talks between Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Palestinian Authority Interior Affairs Minister Gen. Abdel Razak Yiheyeh were scheduled as Israel was set to transfer some $15 million in frozen tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority.
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