{"id":15378,"date":"2018-09-17T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15378"},"modified":"2018-09-17T13:26:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:26:05","slug":"us-cuts-aid-to-palestine-israel-conflict-resolution-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15378","title":{"rendered":"US cuts aid to ‘Palestine-Israel’ conflict resolution programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, adding to more than $500m in other cuts.<\/p>\n

The latest cuts come from $10m in programmes on reconciliation involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, as well as Jews and Palestinian citizens of Israel.<\/p>\n

The portion of the money involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip was being redirected to programmes between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel<\/span>, a US embassy official said on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was not clear how much of the $10m was being redirected.<\/p>\n

US officials also could not confirm whether the latest cut meant all non-military related aid to the Palestinians had now been eliminated.<\/p>\n

“As announced in August, the administration redirected more than $200 million that was originally planned for programmes in the West Bank and Gaza,” a US embassy official said.<\/p>\n

“At the same time, we redirected a portion of the $10 million which was planned for conflict management and mitigation.”<\/p>\n

The official said the portion involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza would be used “to enhance” programmes in Israel instead.<\/p>\n

The latest cuts come amid a raft of financial and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinians for what the Trump administration describes as their reluctance to negotiate with Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Palestinians say the cuts are a form of blackmail aimed at pressuring them into accepting an unfavourable peace accord with Israel.<\/p>\n

In recent months the US has shut down<\/a> the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s office in Washington, DC, cut economic aid to Palestinians in the occupied territories, and scrapped plans to finance hospitals in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

The US has also cut funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency, which supports Palestinian refugees and their descendants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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