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April 12, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/international/republicans-delay-biden-administrations-funds-to-palestinians-664595

Restoration of U.S. Aid to Palestinians Delayed in Congress

(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have put a hold on $75 million of newly reinstated U.S. aid to the Palestinians, sources in Washington confirmed on Thursday. Risch and McCaul said, "resuming assistance to the West Bank and Gaza without concessions from the Palestinian Authority undermines U.S. interests." "The PA is spending millions annually to compensate terrorists while the international community pays for the well-being of the Palestinian people....The Biden administration should use all available leverage to secure behavior changes from the PA, including ending terror payments."

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