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US aid to Palestinians

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
April 11, 2025, 8:40 pm
PA invites US to verify that controversial prisoner payment system no longer in place
After US expressed skepticism, top Abbas aide sends letter to Rubio encouraging Trump delegation to come to Ramallah after June 1 and certify new welfare system up and running
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian security forces gather at the site of a protest against clashes between Palestinian security forces and terror groups in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on December 21, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
March 19, 2025, 4:05 pm
US sharpens tone against PA, but funds for its security forces continue
After welcoming Abbas decree ending pay-to-slay, State Department demands ‘actions’; CIA still sending money to security forces, US assures Ramallah rest of aid will return after review
By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Palestinians walk past tents lining the streets amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, February 18, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
February 22, 2025, 10:23 am
Trump administration approves funds for Gaza aid, Red Cross after initial freeze
Included in $5.3 billion of unfrozen US aid funds is $78 million for Strip and $56 million for the Red Cross related to hostage-ceasefire deal
By Jonathan Landay and Simon Lewis
Children queue with pots to receive food aid from a kitchen at the Abu Zeitun school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, June 13, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
July 13, 2024, 5:05 pm
UNRWA says it’s raised enough funds to continue operations through September
Head of Palestinian refugee organization tells fundraising conference 14 donors have resumed funding and UK will likely join soon; Israel accuses UNRWA of employing terrorists
By AP
A ship transporting international humanitarian aid is moored at the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024. (AFP)
May 23, 2024, 9:57 am
In first, UN says it distributed some aid that arrived to Gaza via US pier
‘Limited number’ of biscuits reach hungry Palestinians after troubled launch as first trucks coming from dock were looted by Gazans before aid agencies could hand them out
By AP and ToI Staff
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and the United States Agency for International Development cross the Trident Pier before entering the beach in Gaza, May 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/US Army Central via AP)
May 18, 2024, 3:15 am
Trucks carrying 300 pallets of humanitarian aid roll into Gaza across new US pier
Operation expected to scale up to 150 trucks per day; UN to distribute supplies in Strip; aid groups reiterate warning that maritime project isn’t a substitute for land deliveries
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours the coast of the Gaza Strip, March 10, 2024. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
March 10, 2024, 11:00 pm
Gallant says sea corridor plan for Gaza aid will help bring Hamas down
Defense minister touts internationally backed route as key to making sure aid gets to civilians and not terror group as Spanish ship in Cyprus loaded with food readies pilot voyage
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 19, 2022. (Mission of Palestine to the UN/Twitter)
September 20, 2022, 8:11 pm
Seeking full membership, Abbas says it’s UN’s ‘last chance’ to salvage peace role
PA president presents letter to UN chief in meeting ahead of General Assembly, pushing doomed bid for Palestine’s full-member status given US plan to block it in Security Council
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, September 27, 2018. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)
August 17, 2022, 8:23 am
Palestinians aim to gain full UN member state status, but US law stands in their way
Ramallah would need Biden to forgo Security Council veto, though that would trigger a ban on funding the UN; PLO says DC mulling proposal, but State Department hints odds are low
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
May 19, 2022, 3:39 am
US official: Israel ‘enthusiastic’ about Biden’s restoration of aid to Palestinians
USAID chief Samantha Power tells congressional panel that Israeli officials recognize that economic stability in West Bank and Gaza is critical after Trump cut aid
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador Tom Nides is interviewed by The Times of Israel at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2022. (David Azagury/US Embassy)
March 16, 2022, 4:35 am
US envoy looks to bolster West Bank economy with 4G service, tech offerings
Ambassador Tom Nides says he will ‘pound tables’ with Israeli minister to get ball rolling on extending 4G service to all Palestinians, wants PA to have role at Allenby crossing
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides during his swearing-in ceremony as new ambassador to Israel, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 14, 2022, 9:53 pm
New US envoy says ‘absolutely won’t’ visit settlements, to avoid inflaming tensions
Breaking from annexation-backing predecessor, Tom Nides tells Hebrew paper he’s entering job with ‘no ideology,’ says unlike Trump, Biden believes US must care for Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
Senator Rick Scott speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 5, 2021. (Republican Jewish Coalition)
November 7, 2021, 12:08 pm
GOP senator: Flipping House and Senate will let Republicans pass anti-BDS laws
On sidelines of Republican Jewish confab, Rick Scott blames stalled Iron Dome funds on Democrats; Ted Cruz says Biden aiding Palestinian claims to Jerusalem in reopening consulate
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
September 23, 2021, 6:34 am
Top Republican releases remaining Palestinian aid he held up for months
Senator Jim Risch approves payment of last $20 million of $75 million package pledged by Biden, but insists it be reprogrammed for food aid, not funneled to terrorists
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian worker checks a truck carrying United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) aid supplies that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on May 12, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
August 20, 2021, 11:37 am
53 Dem lawmakers say US must ensure Israel, Egypt let aid into ‘occupied Gaza’
Congressmen urge a ‘full reopening’ of border crossings; Israel recently eased import restrictions to the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave following May’s war
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
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