Posted on 01/15/2018 5:06:34 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year’s first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to U.S. officials.
President Donald Trump hasn’t made a final decision, but appears more likely to send only $60 million of the planned $125 million first installment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, said the officials, who weren’t authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Future contributions would require the agency, facing heavy Israeli criticism, to demonstrate significant changes in operations, they said, adding that one suggestion under consideration would require the Palestinians to first re-enter peace talks with Israel.
The State Department said Sunday that “the decision is under review. There are still deliberations taking place.” The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the matter. …
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Pali’s do any and everything to not make peace with Israel.
Pali’s want only the destruction of Israel.
Pali’s are the worlds welfare babies.
Way past time to let em starve.
If a people can’t survive without handouts from others...then they’ve got a problem. It’s time for them to do some sole searching.
It’s not about that, in this case. It’s about discontinuing aid to terrorists.
has cut not want to needed is
s ole nations.
Majority of the UN are turd worlders for a reason.
It’s up to the US to bail all of them out?
then you have fools like Lindsay Graham taking that position???
Why do we finance people who hate our guts?
Our diplomacy has been to give away as much as we can.
Israel is strongly against us cutting off the aid saying that our money is like an opiate that keeps the Palestinians from murdering Jews. If that’s the case, Israel should use its own money instead.
Cut off the PaleSimians
Cut off the UN
More like “Trump cutting funding for Palestinian Terrorists”.
There’s an article on APNewsBreak that says there was a meeting of representatives of State and Pentagon about this, and they all voted to continue all Palestinian funding, with one holdout, that being the UN Ambassador representative. That rep said they were going to follow Trump’s policy.
I was going to post the link, but my computer is on the brink right now.
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Some of what our money pays for. They're only refugees because of UNRWA and their terrorist leaders.
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