Saturday, April 28, 2012

Obama lifts freeze on $192 million aid package to Palestinian Authority

photoPALESTINIANS fire 100 rockets at southern Israel… JPost US President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on financial aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Obama stated that the aid was “important to the security interests of the United States.”
The US Congress froze a $192 million aid package to the Palestinian Authority after its president, Mahmoud Abbas, defied US pressure and sought to attain UN endorsement of Palestinian statehood last September. The presidential waiver means that aid can now be delivered...Continue reading...

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