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    Default Biden administration to restore $235m in US aid to 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.

    At Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Hassan Abu al-Eish, 85, said he had felt the effect of the cuts in aid and was left unable to afford the basics. "When Trump arrived, he stopped all the Unrwa funds and closed all the doors on us," he commented.

    The hope now is that President Biden will reverse other parts of the Trump administration's Middle East policy.

    But steps to resurrect negotiations for a two-state solution appear unlikely until the impact of Israel's latest inconclusive general election becomes clearer and after Palestinian elections due in the coming months.
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    What does Unrwa do?

    The agency was originally set up to take care of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

    It says it now supports some 5.7 million registered refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, including by providing them with healthcare, education and social services.

    When Mr Trump took office the US was the largest single donor to Unrwa. It provided $364m (£264m) in 2017 and funded almost 30% of its operations.

    ut in 2018, the Trump administration said it was ending all support for Unrwa, calling it "irredeemably flawed". The agency strongly rejected the accusation.

    Other donors increased their contributions in response, but the budget that supports the delivery of essential services was still left with a huge shortfall.

    Unrwa's director of operations in the West Bank, Gwyn Lewis, told the BBC it had been "a tough few years", with the agency forced to make reductions to its programmes. It had to delay paying the salaries of its staff at the end of last year because of the shortfall.

    "[The US announcement is] going to reassure a lot of the community and our staff, but it doesn't mean that we're on a financially safe ground as yet," she said. "And so we're really hoping that this US support will be a signal for other countries to renew their funding."

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    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.

    The funding is in addition to the $15m in assistance to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and food insecurity in the West Bank and Gaza that the US announced last month.

    "US foreign assistance for the Palestinian people serves important US interests and values," Mr Blinken said. "It provides critical relief to those in great need, fosters economic development, and supports Israeli-Palestinian understanding, security co-ordination and stability. It also aligns with the values and interests of our allies and partners.

    "The United States is committed to advancing prosperity, security, and freedom for both Israelis and Palestinians in tangible ways in the immediate term, which is important in its own right, but also as a means to advance towards a negotiated two-state solution."
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    funny how this works,,for years Gaza has been quiet under Trump..now all of a sudden Biden gets in
    and the money flows and the rocket attacks start up

    You can bet most of that "humanitarian aid" isn't going for such
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    Biden administration to restore $235m in US aid to Palestinians
    Very generous. They'll be able to mend half their broken windows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    Very generous. They'll be able to mend half their broken windows.
    Somebody in New Jersey won a Mega Millions drawing for substantially more than 235M this week.

    Perhaps Palestine is more of a Power Ball type of place, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    funny how this works,,for years Gaza has been quiet under Trump..now all of a sudden Biden gets in
    and the money flows and the rocket attacks start up

    You can bet most of that "humanitarian aid" isn't going for such

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    funny how this works,,for years Gaza has been quiet under Trump..now all of a sudden Biden gets in
    and the money flows and the rocket attacks start up

    You can bet most of that "humanitarian aid" isn't going for such
    Yes, the Palestinians will have armed themselves to match the military of the Jewish fascists with the $235m that only exists in the US publicity department.


    Haw, haw.............................haw.

    The criminals of Izrael actually get 3.8 billion every year to kill Palestinians with .
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    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.

    At Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Hassan Abu al-Eish, 85, said he had felt the effect of the cuts in aid and was left unable to afford the basics. "When Trump arrived, he stopped all the Unrwa funds and closed all the doors on us," he commented.

    The hope now is that President Biden will reverse other parts of the Trump administration's Middle East policy.

    But steps to resurrect negotiations for a two-state solution appear unlikely until the impact of Israel's latest inconclusive general election becomes clearer and after Palestinian elections due in the coming months.
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    What does Unrwa do?

    The agency was originally set up to take care of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

    It says it now supports some 5.7 million registered refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, including by providing them with healthcare, education and social services.

    When Mr Trump took office the US was the largest single donor to Unrwa. It provided $364m (£264m) in 2017 and funded almost 30% of its operations.

    ut in 2018, the Trump administration said it was ending all support for Unrwa, calling it "irredeemably flawed". The agency strongly rejected the accusation.

    Other donors increased their contributions in response, but the budget that supports the delivery of essential services was still left with a huge shortfall.

    Unrwa's director of operations in the West Bank, Gwyn Lewis, told the BBC it had been "a tough few years", with the agency forced to make reductions to its programmes. It had to delay paying the salaries of its staff at the end of last year because of the shortfall.

    "[The US announcement is] going to reassure a lot of the community and our staff, but it doesn't mean that we're on a financially safe ground as yet," she said. "And so we're really hoping that this US support will be a signal for other countries to renew their funding."
    Yeah the imbecile wants to make sure they have enough money so they can kill Jews.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    funny how this works,,for years Gaza has been quiet under Trump..now all of a sudden Biden gets in
    and the money flows and the rocket attacks start up

    You can bet most of that "humanitarian aid" isn't going for such
    this is why the palestinians are acting up again. They are under the impression Biden will side with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    this is why the palestinians are acting up again. They are under the impression Biden will side with them.
    I remember the day Reagan was inaugurated Iran couldn't release the hostages fast enough. They waited until scrotumless Carter was out office because they didn't want Reagan to do to them what he ultimately did to Russia.

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    There's no such nation as "Palestine", and no such nationality as "Palestinian".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    There's no such nation as "Palestine", and no such nationality as "Palestinian".
    do tell Lesion

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