(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met this past weekend with Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem. Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund official, has been rebuilding the PA's financial and budgetary apparatus, with active support from the U.S. and Israel. Since the start of the year, Israel has so far given Fayyad some NIS 530 million for PA expenses.
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