US Renews Assistance to Palestinian Authority | Israel Today

The US Ambassador to the United Nations has officially announced that the Biden administration will allocate $ 15 million to Gaza and the PA for humanitarian aid. • The goal: "to address the corona plague"

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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, announced today (Thursday) that the Biden administration intends to allocate $ 15 million to Gaza and the Palestinian Authority for humanitarian aid. Last week, an internal US State Department document was released. May take some action to restore relations with the Palestinian Authority.

Speaking at the UN Ambassador to the United Nations, she said: "President Biden is reiterating the United States' assistance programs, which support development and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people.

"The United States is pleased to announce today $ 15 million in humanitarian aid to support the most vulnerable communities in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza."

We are pleased to announce that @SecBlinken and @USAID are providing $ 15 million in humanitarian assistance to address the COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity in the West Bank and Gaza, as one piece of our renewed commitment to the Palestinian people.

- US Mission to the UN (@USUN) March 25, 2021

"We are pleased to announce that Secretary of State Anthony Blinkan and the United Nations Delegation are providing $ 15 million in humanitarian aid to address the Corona plague and food insecurity in the PA and Gaza," the United States delegation said in a statement. As one piece of our renewed commitment to the Palestinian people. "

It should also be noted that the Twitter thread of the US delegation to the UN stated that "the United States will continue to side with Israel, while working to promote freedom, security and prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians alike."

As mentioned, last week the Emirati newspaper revealed an internal memorandum distributed on behalf of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Hadi Amer, and submitted to Secretary of State Anthony Blinkan by his Assistant Middle East Secretary Joey Hood.

The memorandum, entitled "Restarting U.S.-Palestinian Relations and the Way Forward," is in fact the roadmap in which the new administration is supposed to fundamentally change relations with the Palestinians and turn the wheel back. "Following the closure of PLO offices in Washington and the PA's refusal to speak directly to the embassy. "The American in Israel has no connective tissue with the Palestinians," it read.