Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Aid to Palestinians – IOTW Report

Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Aid to Palestinians

WFB:

The Trump administration late Friday announced that it had cut $200 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority until it can ensure this American taxpayer money will not be used to fund terrorism, according to U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

The announcement follows the recent passage of the Taylor Force Act in Congress, a bill aimed at providing greater oversight over how U.S. taxpayer dollars fund the Palestinians. The PA has for years been accused of using aid dollars to pay accused terrorists and their families annual salaries.

President Donald Trump directed his administration to freeze $200 million in aid dollars allocated to the PA for economic support, according to an announcement by the State Department issued just a short time after lawmakers on Capitol Hill were informed of the move, sources said.

One senior U.S. official familiar with the decision to cut U.S. aid told the Free Beacon the administration will no longer enable the Palestinian Authority and those in the Hamas terrorist government to use aid dollars in their war against Israel.

“Hamas is fighting a morally-bankrupt war at the expense of the Palestinian people,” said the official, who was only authorized to speak on background. “Hamas’s corrupt and illegitimate control has provoked conflict and led to poverty and hopelessness, while hampering the ability of the international community to help.”  more here

14 Comments on Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Aid to Palestinians

  1. Answer to the question
    Why is there aid to any foreign gov’t ?
    It all started with FDR
    and has progressed further with
    stupid ass leftists
    The American treasury should not be drained
    to aid ANY foreign entity while
    so much as ONE legitimately American child is homeless
    OR
    So much as ONE honorably discharged American veteran
    is not comfortably retired.

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  2. Why in the hell should we give foreign aid to entities that desire to see us all dead? I can accept giving aid to an ally in the case of a natural disaster but funding enemies, hell no.
    Mr. President, Thank you for having the balls to defund these POS’s.
    The liberal media will counter with staged photos of starving children, disheveled residences and conditions of abject poverty. The media will not illustrate how Hamas utilizes our funds to perpetuate their destruction of democracies.
    Be very clear, Hamas is the sworn enemy of the United States of America. Their ideology is simple, kill the infidel.

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