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- Legislation to sharply reduce the annual $ 300 million in US aid to the Palestinian Authority is set to be passed by the US Congress this week.
- The White House has expressed concern that Palestine is using US aid money to fund stipends to convicted terrorists and their families.
- The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to sharply reduce the annual $ 300 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority, unless it take steps to stop making what lawmakers described as payments that reward violent crime, is set to be passed by the U.S. Congress this week as part of a major spending bill unveiled on Wednesday.
The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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