Biden ramping up aid to Palestinians

[disciple Clint]

Israel has been our staunch ally going back to the Cold War. Can Biden explain why the enemy of our ally is being given aid and comfort.
The Biden administration is quietly ramping up assistance to the Palestinians after former President Donald Trump cut off nearly all such aid.
Since taking office with a pledge to reverse many of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian decisions, the administration has allocated nearly $100 million for the Palestinians, only a small portion of which has been publicized.
The administration announced last Thursday that it was giving $15 million to vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. A day later, with no public announcement, it notified Congress that it will give the Palestinians $75 million for economic support, to be used in part to regain their “trust and goodwill” after the Trump-era cuts.
Biden administration quietly ramping up aid to Palestinians

 

[Desk trauma]

We are Israel’s ally, they are not ours. We would be best served by removing our selves and our funds from the region.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

No worries. Israel is getting what they need from us:

Power Up: Biden administration approves $735 million weapons sale to Israel, raising red flags for some House Democrats

 

[Fantine]

Economic and medical aid are humanitarian.

If this upsets you, stop giving Israel the means to oppress them, bomb their homes and schools, etc.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Can Biden explain why the enemy of our ally is being given aid and comfort.

Another transparent conflation of Palestinians with terrorists. We provide humanitarian aid to those who are sick and hungry.

 

[wing2000]

Another transparent conflation of Palestinians with terrorists. We provide humanitarian aid to those who are sick and hungry.

Cuz....
Palestinians (all) = BAD
Israelis (all) = GOOD

btw, who is going to pay to rebuild those buildings the Israeli Air Force is destroying? 3 guesses...

 

[Landon Caeli]

What The Conflict With Israel Looks Like To 2 Palestinians

INSKEEP: From Hamas's perspective, have they gained in any way from this exchange of fire?

SHABAN: This is a very good question. Look. They - a lot of destruction happened into Gaza. This is not the first time. Hamas expects some money to come from certain country to reconstruct this Gaza

.....

...So Hamas does "gain" from this, even after all the deaths in Shaban's words, by monetary donations and new infrastructure... And that's why Hamas doesn't actually mind if Israel retaliates and kills children -- because it actually pays off in the end, most likely by Iran.

 

[Vylo]

What ally? the one that murdered our soldiers? The one that terrorized and bombed our actual allies? Israel is an ally only to themselves.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Can Biden explain why the enemy of our ally is being given aid and comfort.

Another transparent conflation of Palestinians with terrorists. We provide humanitarian aid to those who are sick and hungry.

I agree with this while simultaneously despising Hamas.

 

[mark46]

I well understand that many Republicans oppose humanitarian aid as a matter of principle, especially when almost all is managed by the UN .

Israel has been our staunch ally going back to the Cold War. Can Biden explain why the enemy of our ally is being given aid and comfort.
The Biden administration is quietly ramping up assistance to the Palestinians after former President Donald Trump cut off nearly all such aid.
Since taking office with a pledge to reverse many of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian decisions, the administration has allocated nearly $100 million for the Palestinians, only a small portion of which has been publicized.
The administration announced last Thursday that it was giving $15 million to vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. A day later, with no public announcement, it notified Congress that it will give the Palestinians $75 million for economic support, to be used in part to regain their “trust and goodwill” after the Trump-era cuts.
Biden administration quietly ramping up aid to Palestinians

 

[mark46]

The untold secret is that there can be no lasting peace unless billions are given in aid to Gaza, by the Arabs, and the Arabs take charge of security (Egypt did this before).

 

[Ana the Ist]

We are Israel’s ally, they are not ours. We would be best served by removing our selves and our funds from the region.

Why?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Can Biden explain why the enemy of our ally is being given aid and comfort.

Another transparent conflation of Palestinians with terrorists. We provide humanitarian aid to those who are sick and hungry.

I didn't realize we had forces on the ground in Palestine ensuring our aid is used in the manner that we designate...

Who exactly do we have over there?

 

[Ana the Ist]

What ally?

Israel.

the one that murdered our soldiers?

There's that legal term again.

The one that terrorized and bombed our actual allies? .

Which "actual allies" are you talking about here?

 

[disciple Clint]

I well understand that many Republicans oppose humanitarian aid as a matter of principle, especially when almost all is managed by the UN .

Do you consider this humanitarian aid? "A day later, with no public announcement, it notified Congress that it will give the Palestinians $75 million for economic support, to be used in part to regain their “trust and goodwill” after the Trump-era cuts."

 

[Landon Caeli]

Why?

I think a lot of people still defend Palestine and denounce Israel out of habit, stemming from a time when the less terroristic Fatah held more weight than Hamas... Fatah was a nationalist social democratic political party, and not a full-blown radical Islamic terrorist organization like Hamas.

...Old habits are hard to break, which includes criticism of Israel.

The shift from Fatah to Hamas occured in 2006, which feels like yesterday to me.

 

[wing2000]

I well understand that many Republicans oppose humanitarian aid as a matter of principle, especially when almost all is managed by the UN .

Today's "Republican" (MAGA) Party doesn't believe in the concept of using our tax dollars to assist humans outside our border.

 

[Goonie]

Today's "Republican" (MAGA) Party doesn't believe in the concept of using our tax dollars to assist humans outside our border.

Or inside for that matter.

 

[IntriKate]

It's called compassion, so many of those so called enemies are children and innocent bystanders whose only crime was to be born on the sposed wrong side of someone elses war.

 

[essentialsaltes]

I didn't realize we had forces on the ground in Palestine ensuring our aid is used in the manner that we designate...

I didn't realize Hamas is using trebuchets to lob 50 pound bags of rice on Israel.