The Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement on the 29th that Israel will transfer NIS 100 million (about US $32 million) to Palestine to collect taxes. The statement said that in addition to this amount, Israeli Defense Minister Ganz also approved a series of other "confidence building measures", including providing legal identity for 6000 residents in the West Bank and 3500 residents in the Gaza Strip "on humanitarian grounds", and issuing permits to 600 Palestinian businessmen to enter Israel. Ganz met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his home in the central Israeli city of Cape Hain on the 28th to discuss security and civil issues. Ganz told Abbas that Israel would continue to promote "confidence building measures" in the economic and civil fields, and stressed "common interests" such as strengthening security coordination, maintaining stability and preventing terrorism and violence. It is reported that on August 29 this year, Abbas met with Ganz at the presidential office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The two sides discussed security, diplomacy and economy. On August 30, Ganz announced a series of "goodwill gestures", including the transfer of NIS 500 million (about US $155 million) to Palestine for tax collection, and the approval of 16000 Palestinians to work in Israel. According to the Paris economic Protocol signed by Palestine and Israel in 1994, Israel is responsible for levying tariffs on goods destined for Palestine, levying personal income tax on Palestinians working in Israel, and regularly transferring the tax to Palestine. This amount is about $2.3 billion a year, accounting for about two-thirds of the operating budget of the Palestinian government. The suspension of the transfer of collected taxes to the Palestinian side is a "punitive" measure often used by Israel against the Palestinian side. In July this year, the Israeli security cabinet decided to freeze the transfer of 597 million NIS (about 183 million US dollars) to Palestine. (outlook new era)