State Department officials announced on Friday that over $200 million in frozen funding to the Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip are being cut outright, with the funding to be diverted elsewhere.
Exactly where the $200 million is going isn’t clear, beyond officials saying it would be “spent in accordance with US national interests and provide value to the US taxpayer.” National security adviser John Bolton said the cut was “long overdue.”
This is the second redirection of foreign aid funds to be announced in the past week. Last Friday, the State Department announced $230 million in funding initially earmarked for reconstruction inside Syria had similarly been withdrawn, to be spent on other, unspecified priorities.
Combined, this puts nearly a half billion dollars of the US foreign aid budget, specifically earmarked by Congress, and allows the administration to spend it virtually however they want. Whether they ever tell anyone what they spend it on remains to be seen.
The timing of this announcement is also likely to anger the Palestinians, coming just days after President Trump promised to give them “something good.”
The Izzies are in charge now – better get used to it…
“value to the US taxpayer”:
Outlining budget, Trump puts aid to Israel first while slashing elsewhere
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-aid-said-untouched-in-trumps-new-budget-cuts/
Israelstine. One nation. Universal suffrage. Theme park. More jokes. Major reconciliation.
I’d guess the $3.8 billion the parasite receives annually just got an under the table adjustment.
We are all Palestinians now.
That is a start. Now to zero out every other penny of American tax money being sent overseas. Especially the 4 billion a year in welfare to Israel.
Is it a coincidence or a link. Money was cut from Palestinian refugee fund and from money earmarked for Syria asdistance. Almost on a clue, ISIS performed a stunt attack in Syria, increased activity in Iraq, snd of all places in Afghanistan. Anytime natives are disobedient — ISIS brand is dispatched to start trouble. Syria is settling down to prace in majority of the territory. This is not desirable — ISIS to the rescue. In Afghanistan, Taliban has become dangerous to US propped government in Ksbul, voila, ISIS brings fresh carnage. In Iraq, wrong parties won election — here come fresh bouts of ISIS troublemakers.
Let us see — no native population supports ISIS in any of those places. Who are they, where are they vomjng from? Whi is paying, arming, providing vehicles, good water, telecom? Who?
It is not just good enough for Trump to play the role of tough guy, this money must not go astray into more terror funding.
Aldo, we need a doecial death penalty for anyone knowingly supporting terrorist groups — no matter their name. Any armed group claiming to do God’s work is hurting prople who do not agree with them. We are not to play God and pick favorites. Once we have death penalty — say by hanging in public squares, it may stop everyone — from sleezy politicians funding their favorite “rebels”to clerks in bureacracy writing purchase orders supplying terrorist missions. Until we are out of that business — I do not believe we will see any money coming back. This includes supporting Kurds. I see no reason for us to dole out countries to some deserving minorities.
Good, money to Palestine is just the same as sending money to Netanyahu. The money is only being sent there to placate the Palestinians. No constitutional authority for sending my tax dollars to any foreign country.
With impeachment on the horizon, Trump is launching a desperate effort to please the real rulers of the Empire. But even this strike against the downtrodden Palestinians will not be enough to please Trump’s masters. Trump, like the Palestinians, will be pushed out. Pence will be a much more compliant Zio-bot once Trump is gone.
There will be no impeachment production. What you are witnessing is a marketing trailer to pilot episode not even aired.
That’s $200 million Israel won’t be able to appropriate before the Palestinians see a penny of it. They’ll get their cut somehow, though, you can bet on it.