Democrats in the House call for "transparency" in Trump's review of Palestinian aid funds

Democratic representatives of the House of Representatives of the Middle East Foreign Ministry call for greater transparency on the part of the Trump administration regarding the review of US aid funding to the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip. , all nine Democrats on the committee are asking Trump to share with them the "timetable and measures" used to badess aid to the Palestinians, which according to the letter has been frozen in its entirety since January 2018. [19659002] lawmakers have expressed concern that despite repeated requests "there appears to be no information available to members of Congress as to the nature, scope, or duration of this review."

In January, the White House froze the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN branch devoted exclusively to humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

The Whi President Mahmoud Abbas then refused to meet senior US officials to protest against Washington's controversial recognition as the capital of Israel and the decision to relocate the US Embbady to Washington. 19659002] Last month, i24NEWS confirmed that the entire Palestinian aid budget had been quietly frozen at Trump's leadership pending a review of the Palestinian Authority's practice of providing benefits to Palestinians convicted of political violence.

Acknowledging that it is important to ensure that taxpayers' money is not diverted from its objectives, or worse, to inadvertently benefit At the Hamas terrorist organization, lawmakers argued that "we believe that these crucial humanitarian funds must be restored as part of this review."

to save innocent lives and prevent Hamas to take advantage of the situation by causing a dangerous escalation with Israel. "

Lawmakers warned of" catastrophic "impact of US funding freeze, saying" 140,000 people will stop receiving emergency food and non-food badistance, 42,000 patients will not receive essential health services, 50,000 young people will not have access to life skills development and 12,250 people will lose opportunities for paid entrepreneurship.

The letter was signed by Florida representative Ted Deutch, New York representative Eliot Engel, Virginia representative Gerry Connolly, Florida Rep. Lois Frankel, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, California Rep. Ted Location and Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider

The Law of the House The demand of the decision makers came as the Trump administration would move to a "Gaza strategy". first "that would see an important injection of development aid into the frozen Palestinian enclave, making it more difficult for Palestinians to continue to snub peace talks."

Abbas ridiculed the strategy as an attempt to further divide the PA and Hamas rivals and reduce negotiations with Israel to a purely humanitarian emergency

Unveiling of the "promise of the century" promised by the Trump team The diplomatic freeze of the Palestinians , b Although Trump's son and pointman on the peace process Jared Kushner insisted that the proposal will be revealed "soon".

Many Palestinians, who view Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state, decried the unilateral move and said they no longer consider the United States as an impartial intermediary in the negotiations of peace with Israel.

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