Trump cuts off $200 million in Palestinian terror funding

Washington -- President Trump has cut over $200 million in bilateral aid to the group of terrorists who call themselves Palestinians. This came after a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, according to the State Department.

The department told Congress of the decision on Friday in a short, three paragraph notice sent first to lawmakers then to so-called journalists. The notice said that it will redirect the money to "high priority projects elsewhere."

Evidently, Trump doesn't believe that giving Hamassholes money is a good idea.

The move comes as Trump and his Middle East emissaries Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt prepare their offices for a rollout of a dire, but unclear peace plan for Israel and the so-called Palestinians, a term that was recently invented about a country that never existed in history.

"At the direction of President Trump, we have undertaken a review of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza to ensure these funds are spent in accordance with U.S. national interests and provide value to the U.S. taxpayer," the State Department said. "As a result of that review, at the direction fo the president, we will redirect more than $200 million . . . originally planned for programs in the West Bank and Gaza" [which have instead been used by Hamas to provide funding for terrorist attacks on Israel].

"This decision takes into account the challenges the international community faces in providing assistance in Gaza, where Hamas control endangers the lives of Gaza's citizens and degrades an already dire humanitarian and economic situation," the notice read.

No details were provided and the notice didn't give an exact amount of the funds to be cut, but said they had been approved in 2017.

Like it does with days ending in the letter "y" the loss of assistance will almost certainly piss off the Palestinians [who go to bed and awaken in that state] against Trump's peace plan. The PA leadership hates Trump because of his pro-Israel [pro-ally] stance. And when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv there, well, that was too much for anti-Zionists to digest.

So the PA and its President Mahmoud Abbas broke off contact with the U.S.

Friday's decision comes after a similar one last week in which the State Department said that it would be redirecting $230 million in aid planned for stabilization programs in Syria's liberated areas. But in this case, the department said the loss of our funding would be more than offset by other nations such as Saudi Arabia, which announced a $150 million contribution for Syrian stabilization.

So perhaps we'll anger some Palestinians, but we're building a better relationship with Israel now that Obama is gone, and Hillary lost the election.


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