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Two Republican-led committees in the House — Foreign Affairs and the Appropriations subcommittee on the State Department and Foreign Operations — put a hold on $200 million in economic assistance in late August, as the Palestinians were gearing up for their U.N. move.
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The Obama Administration finds itself caught in the middle — opposing both the Palestinians' U.N. gambit and the Republican moves to punish them for it.
Keeping the aid flowing "is not only in the interest of the Palestinians, it's in the U.S. interest and it's also in the Israeli interest, and we would like to see it go forward," State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday.
Let the Saudis pay for these projects. This is nothing but a modern day jizya.