No, we didn’t give it to them, those were the estimates of the cost to the US had Arafat agreed to terms at Camp David and accepted a state, but he didn’t. It probably would have been partially to the Palestinian Authority, big chunks through USAID and UNWRA for the relocation and infrastructure costs. I have to assume that if BHO is successful in brokering a deal, we’ll be footing the bill, and I suspect the cost will dwarf those numbers. Of course who worries about tens of billions anymore.
Obama wants few strings attached to Hamas was my original point.