Biden Pays, Rockets Fly: Administration Sent $1 Billion In Palestinian Aid After Trump's Freeze

Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that the Biden Administration spent more than $1 billion from U.S. taxpayers on "Aid" to Palestinians.

Here's how the Biden Administration allotted U.S. taxpayer Palestinian-aid through the United Nations: $318.4 million, $363.9 million, and $371 million.

BACKGROUND: U.S. taxpayers have sent nearly $8 billion to assist Palestinian refugees living in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon since 1950.

Since 1950, U.S. taxpayers have sent nearly $8 billion through the UN to the Palestinian refugees using the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

August 2018: We learned that President Trump had directed, earlier in the year, an overall review of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and in Gaza.

"August 31, 2018: the Trump Administration froze all further U.S. funding to UNRWA and released an official statement that spoke about disproportionate" budgetary burdens, flawed "Fiscal practices," and unsustainable "Exponentially expanding" beneficiaries.

May 20, 2021: U.S. President Joe Biden announced a cease fire and that the U.S. was committed to providing "Rapid humanitarian assistance" to Gaza and the Gaza reconstruction efforts in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. 

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