Trump regime cuts money for Palestinians

Maine Public Broadcasting -The Trump administration announced  that it has cut nearly all the money the U.S. had planned to spend on aid projects for the Palestinians this year —including money to address a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Administration officials repeatedly state that the U.S. has given more development aid money to help the Palestinian people over the years than has any other country. But on Friday, the State Department said money to be spent by the end of this fiscal year — which ends Sept. 30 — will now be redirected to "high-priority projects elsewhere." That's a cut of more than $200 million. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly opposed the cuts at first, according to Foreign Policy , but earlier this month Trump adviser Jared Kushner "pushed back, maintaining that ending the assistance outright could strengthen his negotiating hand when he introduces his long-awaited Middle East peace plan."