Israel has decided to renew contacts with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) missions abroad ending a previous ban following the formation of the Salam Fayyad-led Palestinian government, a local daily said Tuesday.

The foreign ministry last week issued advisory to all its missions abroad that the government had withdrawn a ban enforced last year on contacting Palestinian diplomatic representatives, the Ha'aretz added.

"It is allowable to resume contacts with Palestinian representatives, like in the past," the advisory said.

In early 2006, Israel banned its diplomatic missions from establishing contacts with the Palestinian representatives following formation of a Palestine Authority government by Hamas.

The decision to end the 2006 ban was made "in light of the new situation that has emerged in the Palestinian (National) Authority, and the formation of the new government headed by Salam Fayyad," it said.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni last month twice met Fayyad, the US-backed prime minister of the Palestinian caretaker government.

Fayyad has been assigned last month by PNA President Mahmoud Abbas to form an interim government after Abbas sacked the Hamas-led coalition government following the latter's forced takeover of the Gaza Strip.

There are currently 107 official PNA diplomatic offices worldwide. Under the new instructions, many Israel's ambassadors have held meetings with the Palestinian representatives, said the Ha'aretz.