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State Department freezes Obama’s $221m gift to Palestinians
World israel News ^
| January 25, 2017
Posted on 01/25/2017 9:23:11 AM PST by COUNTrecount
The Trump administration has frozen Obama’s parting gift to the the Palestinians.
Former US President Barack Obama, in his waning hours, quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which Congress had been blocking.
The Trump administration announced it is freezing the move.
The State Department is reviewing the last-minute decision by former Secretary of State John Kerry to send $221 million dollars to the Palestinians.
Kerry formally notified Congress that State would release the money Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump took the oath of office.
The funds — supposedly intended for reconstruction in Gaza and good governance programs for the Palestinian Authority — were being blocked by at least two Republican lawmakers— Ed Royce (R-CA), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Kay Granger (R-TX), who sits on the House Appropriations Committee — in response to Palestinian attempts to join international organizations, from which it intended to launch more international campaigns against Israel and before a peace deal with Israel.
Such holds are generally respected but are not legally binding.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Kushner at work?
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:24:33 AM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
To: COUNTrecount
Great news!
More Winning!!!
Not tired of it!
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:24:43 AM PST
by
TheConservativeParty
(TRUMP 45 Meet the new boss, not the same as any old boss.)
To: COUNTrecount
HOPE they were able to block the transfer.......yes, more winning!
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:25:57 AM PST
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: COUNTrecount
Good Job!
More WINNING!!!
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:26:02 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Cap Huff
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:27:09 AM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: COUNTrecount
Good news!
I’m very impressed by Trump’s velocity (speed and direction).
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:27:24 AM PST
by
ChessExpert
(It's not compassion when you use government to give other people's money away.)
To: COUNTrecount
I can just see the face on Kerry when he hears about this, long.
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:27:42 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: COUNTrecount
Oh, man. They already spent the money. This isn’t fair. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:27:43 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Are we dreaming or is Hillary finally really gone?)
To: COUNTrecount
Great if true. Did the EFT go through or were the Dems sloppy enough to delay until it was stopped?
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:28:01 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: Iowa Granny
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:28:04 AM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: COUNTrecount
Awwww. No suicide belts for you! Ask Iran to make up the money; they got it.
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:28:06 AM PST
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: COUNTrecount
I’m amazed Barry didn’t give them cold, hard cash...
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:28:14 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:28:39 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:29:01 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: COUNTrecount
More accurate headline:
State Department freezes Obama’s $221m gift to Palestinians Islamic Terrorists
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:30:19 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:30:48 AM PST
by
House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:31:02 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I Love Bull Markets!!!)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
YES!!!! I’m loving every minute of this!
To: COUNTrecount
Anybody still have any doubt that the founders were right to require a natural born citizen as President?
Obama was born a British subject because of his foreign national father. He admitted it.
He is not a natural born citizen.
The GOP went along because they had a stable full of ineligibles, Cruz, Jindal, Haley and George P. Bush.
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posted on
01/25/2017 9:31:35 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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