California Republican introduces bill to ban aid for Palestinians

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 11 people were killed in the West Bank towns on 13 OctoberBetween April 2021 and March 2022 the U.S. provided $417 million for Palestinian refugees through the United Nations, $75 million in economic aid through USAID and $20.5 million in Covid and Gaza recovery assistance.
48% : He added: 'None of the funds that have now gone to Qatar have actually been spent or accessed by Iran in any way.'
42% : Speaking in Tel Aviv, on a visit to Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the original prisoner swap arrangement that had seen the Iranian funds transferred from South Korea to Qatar.
33% : News of the planned change came hours after Joe Biden issued his first public warning to Iran since the Hamas attack on Israel.
27% : California GOP Rep. Michelle Steel is introducing a new bill to cut off all U.S. aid for the Palestinian territory until the Palestinian Authority renounces Hamas and recognizes IsraelIran has denied any involvement in the attack, but the sophisticated tactics used by Hamas suggest otherwise.

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