US reduces aid to PA from $500 million to $15.5 million because of PA payments to terrorists
Headline: "From $500 to $15.5 million – five reasons for the curtailment of the American aid to the PA"
"The extent of the curtailment of the American aid to the PA has not been hidden from anyone recently. In the past the aid exceeded $500 million a year, and as of mid-2016 it stood at just $15.5 million; in other words, a decrease of 96.9%...
Reporter and political analyst Ahmed Awad said: '…The US wants the money transfers to the PA to be minimal, and that they not go to the families of the Martyrs (Shahids) and prisoners. It also wants the PA to remain alive and not collapse, but also not to develop.’"
"The extent of the curtailment of the American aid to the PA has not been hidden from anyone recently. In the past the aid exceeded $500 million a year, and as of mid-2016 it stood at just $15.5 million; in other words, a decrease of 96.9%...
Reporter and political analyst Ahmed Awad said: '…The US wants the money transfers to the PA to be minimal, and that they not go to the families of the Martyrs (Shahids) and prisoners. It also wants the PA to remain alive and not collapse, but also not to develop.’"