Tag: Foreign Aid
Israel donates $500,000 to Afghan refugees as part of UN-led effort
Israel donated $500,000 to the United Nations to pay for food, medical treatment and other aid for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Alon Ushpiz, director-general of the ministry, said Israel...
Biden administration ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts
The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line...
New senate bill seeks to counter anti-Semitism, incitement in Palestinian classrooms
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to address whether Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or racist content about Israel and the Jewish people.
The bill, Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian...
Senate proposes $225 million in assistance to Palestinians, echoing bill passed by House
The Senate Appropriations Committee released its 2022 fiscal year bill this week, which includes $225 million in funding for the Palestinians, mirroring funding passed in the House earlier this year.
According to the State, Foreign Operations and Related...
After rough few days, Iron Dome funding prevails, but not without partisan finger-pointing
Pro-Israel Democrats scrambled on Thursday to restore approximately $1 billion to help fund the replenishment of Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system after funding was stripped earlier this week from the House of Representatives’ legislation...
Republican lawmakers introduce bill to block US foreign aid to UNRWA
Republicans in Congress are responding to the resumption of U.S. foreign aid to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by the Biden administration earlier this year by introducing a...
US transfers $135 million in aid to UNRWA
The United States transferred $135.8 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday, after signing a framework agreement with the refugee agency on July 14.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe...
French ambassador criticizes Lebanon’s prime minister for domestic ‘mismanagement’
French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo criticized Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who placed blame for his country’s economic woes on the fragile domestic situation and explosions last summer in the capital city, instead of leadership.
“What...
EU commissioner calls for review of aid to Palestinians due to incendiary textbooks
Oliver Varhelyi, the European commissioner for neighborhood and enlargement at the European Union, demanded on Monday that the E.U. review the conditions by which it funds education in the Palestinian Authority after a recent report exposed...
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman explains support for bill to restrict aid to Israel
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) defended his support for a bill that would impose limitations on U.S. military aid to Israel.
Bowman, who serves as the U.S. representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District, is one...