The United States will give $5 million to the Palestinians to help them deal with the coronavirus pandemic, announced U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Thursday.
“I’m very pleased the USA is providing $5M for Palestinian hospitals and households to meet immediate, life-saving needs in combating COVID-19. The USA, as the world’s top humanitarian aid donor, is committed to assisting the Palestinian people, & others worldwide, in this crisis,” tweeted Friedman.
The relief will come from international-disaster assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to the U.S. State Department.
The Trump administration has defunded almost all U.S. assistance to the Palestinians since the enactment of the Taylor Force Act in 2018 due to the Palestinian Authority’s “pay to slay” program of rewarding terrorists and their families.
