Washington _ Agencies
Heather maneuvered, State Department spokesperson, said Tuesday (28 August 2018) that the US administration has reduced aid to infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, amounting to $200 million, after a thorough review because there is no tax payer The American behind the provision of this aid.
Maneuvered said in response to a question addressed to her by the newspaper "Jerusalem " about logic and why the U.S. Department of State informed Congress last Friday (24/8/2018) of its decision to cut its aid to the Palestinians, especially since this assistance goes directly to help the Palestinians most needy in the West Bank and sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D) and non-governmental organizations related to the United States, "We have received a lot of questions on this issue. The President directed a review of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and also in Gaza, to ensure that U.S. taxpayers ´ money is spent in accordance with U.S. national interests, and also to ensure that it provides value to taxpayers. "
"The decision has been made and we have sent a statement in this regard stating that these funds are not currently being spent according to U.S. national interests, nor are they currently providing value to U.S. taxpayers, and we have always said when talking about the Gaza issue that Gaza is a key entity," she said. Sorry, PA and Palestinians, Hamas are... The main reason why the security situation and the situation in Gaza is so bad, what made electricity a problem, what made clean water a problem and so on. Hamas should be interested in its people but refused to do so, and instead spent its money on other types of projects and you know exactly what I´m referring to. "
In following up on "Jerusalem " Another question about Washington´s allies ´ breach of opinion in fact, considering that cutting aid would exacerbate the already volatile situation and negatively affect the American national interest, maneuvered said, "Of course they disagree with us because the U.S. government has made a much larger amount of money. More than any country in the region, and I think Ambassador Haile has spoken about that day ".
"When I spoke about the importance of burden sharing (I meant), maneuvered said that the United States alone should not bear a disproportionate proportion of the funding of programmes abroad. The United States is the most generous country in the world, and we are still by far the largest donor to many programs around the world, but we also feel that other countries should advance and take responsibility, which is an important point in what the president has discussed. "
"Jerusalem " with a maneuvered question about its logic, that Washington´s aid to the Palestinians was not in the interest of U.S. national security, although the Israelis (including generals and intelligence agents), the British, the French and many others, say that cutting aid has Actually aggravates this terrible situation? "We don´t consider it (aid) is currently providing any value to U.S. taxpayers," maneuvered said. I´ll let you know if I have any other information on this subject. "
On the request of "Jerusalem " who maneuvered to talk about what is being deliberated about the administration´s resolve sometime soon, maybe next week or the following week will cut all the aid provided by UNRWA and dismantle it and make UNHCR carry out any programs that the "UNRWA " currently responded maneuvered by saying "Yes.. I cannot but say that we have no decisions to announce today. No decisions are made ".
