President Donald Trump’s administration has cut more than $200 million in aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza after a review, a State Department official said.
According to UPI, the aid was part of the State Department’s Economic Support and Development Fund allocations planned for West Bank and Gaza programmes in the 2017 fiscal year, totalling around $230 million.
At least $200 million had been set aside for basic humanitarian services such as health care, education, and wastewater projects, and the remaining $30 million is still under review, the official said.
“The United States also provides substantial support to help the Palestinian Authority provide law enforcement and maintain the rule of law,” the consulate’s website states.
The money will be redirected to “high-priority projects elsewhere,” the State Department official said.
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