JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel planned to hand over $15 million to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority on Monday, the first of three installments of tax revenue that has been withheld from Palestinians for much of the past 22 months of fighting, both sides said. Israel had been demanding international supervision of the money to ensure it wouldn't be used to fund Palestinian militants, but agreed to place the cash under the responsibility of the new Palestinian finance minister, Salam Fayed. Meanwhile, tensions escalated Sunday after Jewish settlers clashed with Palestinians in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron, leaving a 14-year-old...
