Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in April that the United States would be restoring this aid, including $75 million in economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza. aid budget to UNRWA, the UN agency in charge of assisting Palestinian refugees and their descendants. President Donald Trump's administration cut the entire U.S. Yet today, it has become controversial to provide life-saving aid to the Palestinian people and invest in their development.' That a lack of opportunity only fuels distrust and alienation. 'That investing in a girl's education is both righteous and necessary, regardless of which side of a line it occurs on.

'For decades there has been a broad consensus вЂ“ both in Israel and the United States вЂ“ that investments in the health and wellbeing of Palestinians benefits everyone, including Israelis,' Power said. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides addressedВ the winter gala for the Alliance for Middle East Peace вЂ“ an umbrella organization of some 150 groups working in Israel and the Palestinian territories. United States Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power and U.S. WASHINGTON вЂ“В Senior Biden administration officials on Sunday praised the crucial role of civil society groups in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, while decrying the politicization of U.S. The shuttered headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City during a general strike of employees in UNRWA institutions, in November.

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