article_snippet: the United States provides about $500 million in annual aid to the PA, and $400 million of that is drawn from an Economic Support Fund that members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle have threatened to cut off.
article_snippet: the United States has paid out approximately $5 billion in aid money to the Palestinian Authority since the 1990s, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service – representing about one in four dollars the Palestinian Authority receives from the international community.
article_snippet: The 2015 budget appropriations bill, signed by Obama, explicitly prohibited funding for the PA the PA if the PA were to initiate – or even actively support –
highlights_snippet: US Congress would cut $400 million in annual aid to the PA