145 Democrats wrote a letter to Republican Sen. James Rich, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, calling for the release of a $ 75 million bailout package for Palestine.
The Democrats’ letter to Senator Rich states that we respectfully demand that you release the tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid needed to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians to rebuild their lives.
The letter comes as senior Republican lawmakers overseeing foreign affairs are trying to block the Biden administration’s efforts to provide special financial assistance to the Palestinians.
Republicans in Congress believe that resuming funding to the West Bank and Gaza Strip without taking advantage of the Palestinian Authority is to the detriment of US interests.
The granting of financial aid to Palestine is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to revive relations with the Palestinians that collapsed during Trump’s presidency.
Joe Biden has officially announced that he intends to change part of the Trump administration’s policy toward the Palestinians.
