Posted on 04/07/2021 4:35:47 PM PDT by PROCON
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden’s State Department announced it is restarting $235 million in economic, development, and humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people paused under President Donald Trump.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the aid to the Palestinian people “includes $75 million in economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza, $10 million for peacebuilding programs through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and $150 million in humanitarian assistance for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).”
Blinken said, “We are also resuming vital security assistance programs,” adding, “All assistance will be provided consistent with U.S. law.”
The $235 million in aid to the Palestinian people comes in addition to $15 million in humanitarian assistance, the State Department announced in March to address the COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity.
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. closed the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) office in Washington D.C. Announcing the closure decision in September 2018, the Trump State Department had said the PLO had not taken steps to negotiate with Israel and had condemned a U.S. peace plan that had not yet been published. The Trump State Department cited repeated mismanagement of funds by the UNRWA in its decision and said, “Palestinians, wherever they live, deserve better than an endlessly crisis-driven service provision model.”
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How much of that 'aid' will go to funding terrorist activities?
Puppet Joe is a REAL piece of work.
I read that the infra structure bill has $5 Billion for gun control.
I’m sure 0bama gave the order to BXiden to re-fund the terrorists.
How about we just stop giving money to other countries.
More rockets and bombs coming to Israel...
Now they can buy more ammunition and explosives to kill Israelis, thanks to Biden. I wonder if he will celebrate the deaths he will be enabling?
I got no problem with helping people in need with food and medicines. But if they want to build roads and apartment buildings etc, they should hire American contractors. Not just hand them a bunch of cash.
Absolutely DISGUSTING!
$5 billion will make it to the people on the West Bank and
Gaza. (if they are very lucky) $230 billion will find its
way to European and off shore banks.
Okay, small comforts: It's million.
I still think that I, personally, could make much better use of the cash.
Looks like Abbas refusing Blinken’s phone call bore fruit. We bribe, they talk. I can only imagine what it’s going to cost us to bring the Iranians back to the table.
Gross
There’s no reason the Arab countries can’t fund the Palestinians...period.
I’ve given up on American Jews. But stand with Israel.
Thanks for pointing out that error.
LOL. I should have caught that.
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