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Biden administration to restore $235m in US aid to Palestinians (April 2021)
BBC News ^ | April 7, 2021

Posted on 10/07/2023 11:23:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

US President Joe Biden's administration plans to provide $235m (£171m) of aid to Palestinians, restoring part of the assistance cut by Donald Trump.

Two-thirds will go to the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, which has suffered a financial crisis since it lost $360m of US funding in 2018.

Mr Biden wants to "restore credible engagement" by the Palestinians in long-stalled peace talks with Israel.

Palestinian leaders accused Mr Trump of being heavily biased towards Israel.

They rejected a peace plan he unveiled last year that envisaged recognising Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley, and Jerusalem remaining Israel's "undivided capital". Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. Most of the international community considers the settlements illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US plans included $75m in economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza, $10m for peacebuilding programmes through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), and $150m in humanitarian assistance for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa).

The US will also resume security assistance programmes with the Palestinians.

This news has come as a huge relief to Palestinians. Their economy is propped up by international donors and was left reeling by the dramatic cuts of the Trump administration.

Many saw them as an attempt to push Palestinian leaders into peace talks with Israel on terms that they considered to be heavily biased against them.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Education; History
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; biden; election2020; gaza; hamas; iran; terrorism; waronterror

1 posted on 10/07/2023 11:23:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They need to replace the rockets they fired at Israel and Biden gives them the money.


2 posted on 10/07/2023 11:26:27 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

brandon ups the ante in ME

now wars on two fronts???


3 posted on 10/07/2023 11:27:22 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“ US President Joe Biden’s administration plans to provide $235m (£171m) of aid to Palestinians, restoring part of the assistance cut by Donald Trump.”
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Yeah, Biden and his puppet masters OWN THIS!


4 posted on 10/07/2023 11:29:11 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: thinden

Have to cause ww3 somehow it is needed for the global reset and total world enslavement.


5 posted on 10/07/2023 1:04:09 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: Ronald77

Have to cause ww3 somehow it is needed for the global reset and total world enslavement.

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so, how many fronts does the war have be active on to be considered a “world war”?


6 posted on 10/07/2023 1:50:27 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: thinden

Jooz run our government. Why should ws object?


7 posted on 10/07/2023 2:15:24 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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