{ "id": "RS22967", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RS22967", "active": true, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 588743, "date": "2018-12-12", "retrieved": "2019-12-20T20:21:35.412565", "title": "U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians", "summary": "In calendar year 2018, the Trump Administration has significantly cut funding for the Palestinians during a time of tension in U.S.-Palestinian relations. Statements by President Trump suggest that the Administration may seek via these cuts to persuade the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to participate in U.S.-led diplomacy on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Despite the funding cuts, PLO Chairman and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and other PLO/PA officials have not reversed their decision to break off diplomatic contacts with the United States, which came after President Trump\u2019s December 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.\nVarious observers are debating what the Administration wants to accomplish via the U.S. funding cuts, and how compatible its actions are with U.S. interests. Some Members of Congress have objected to the cuts, including on the grounds that they could negatively affect a number of humanitarian outcomes, especially in Hamas-controlled Gaza. Some current and former Israeli security officials have reportedly voiced concerns about the effects of drastic U.S. cuts on regional stability. \nUntil this year, the U.S. government had consistently supported economic assistance to the Palestinians and humanitarian contributions to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), even if funding in some cases was reduced or delayed. Bilateral assistance to the Palestinians since 1994 has totaled more than $5 billion, and has been a key part of U.S. policy to encourage an Israeli-Palestinian peace process, improve life for West Bank and Gaza residents, and (since 2007) strengthen the West Bank-based PA vis-\u00e0-vis Hamas in Gaza. U.S. contributions to UNRWA through global humanitarian accounts since 1950 have totaled more than $6 billion. \nThe 2018 changes raise questions about the future of various funding streams and U.S. political influence, as well as the impact on other international actors\u2019 support of and influence on the Palestinians. Congress has options to determine types and amounts of funding for the Palestinians and to place conditions or oversight requirements on it. \nThe 2018 changes included\nReprogramming $231.532 million of FY2017 bilateral economic assistance that was originally intended for the West Bank and Gaza (including $25 million for East Jerusalem hospitals) for other purposes.\nEnding U.S. humanitarian contributions to UNRWA. U.S. funding in FY2018 totaled $65 million, contrasted with $359.3 million in FY2017.\nDeciding to prevent Palestinians from participating in a Conflict Management and Mitigation program (CMM) funded by USAID and the U.S. embassy in Israel. Programs involving Israelis and Palestinians generally receive $10 million annually.\nNonlethal U.S. security assistance for the PA security forces has continued, as has PA security coordination with Israel, but a majority of Palestinians support recent PLO recommendations to end the coordination. \nLegislation enacted in 2018 is also significantly impacting U.S. aid to the Palestinians. Congress enacted the Taylor Force Act (Title X of P.L. 115-141) in March. This law augmented existing legislative provisions to suspend U.S. bilateral economic assistance for the PA unless and until Palestinian officials cease certain payments deemed under U.S. law to be \u201cfor acts of terrorism.\u201d The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ACTA, P.L. 115-253) became law in October, as an apparent way to ensure that the PLO and PA would be subject to jurisdiction in U.S. courts for past acts of Palestinian terrorism against U.S. citizens. Because the ATCA attempts to use U.S. aid to Palestinians as a means of establishing this jurisdiction, and Palestinian leaders apparently want to avoid that outcome, the ATCA might indirectly lead to a complete end of U.S. bilateral aid to the Palestinians by February 2019. The Trump Administration may not have realized the possible impact of the ATCA when it was enacted, and reportedly may be trying to have Congress change the ATCA to facilitate the continuation of security assistance, at least.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22967", "sha1": "ce6f2877c64101b3f1de1658b1737d8fc8c2e3e4", "filename": "files/20181212_RS22967_ce6f2877c64101b3f1de1658b1737d8fc8c2e3e4.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS22967_files&id=/0.png": "files/20181212_RS22967_images_257c7d4f2f880da59267e756349719a81cd138b9.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "https://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22967", "sha1": "132d6e665d2f68ab630fb730661b42a6b1ec4b78", "filename": "files/20181212_RS22967_132d6e665d2f68ab630fb730661b42a6b1ec4b78.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4757, "name": "Foreign Assistance" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4758, "name": "Middle East & North Africa" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 587262, "date": "2018-11-02", "retrieved": "2018-11-08T03:30:31.753976", "title": "U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians", "summary": "In calendar year 2018, the Trump Administration has significantly cut funding for the Palestinians during a time of tension in U.S.-Palestinian relations. One of the Administration\u2019s apparent reasons for the funding cuts is to express displeasure at the Palestine Liberation Organization\u2019s (PLO) cutoff of diplomatic contacts with the United States after President Trump\u2019s December 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital. PLO Chairman and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and other PLO/PA officials have insisted that aid cuts will not compel them to resume those contacts. \nUntil this year, the U.S. government had consistently supported economic assistance to the Palestinians and humanitarian contributions to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), even if funding in some cases was reduced or delayed. Bilateral assistance to the Palestinians since 1994 has totaled more than $5 billion, and has been a key part of U.S. policy to encourage an Israeli-Palestinian peace process, improve life for West Bank and Gaza residents, and (since 2007) strengthen the West Bank-based PA vis-\u00e0-vis Hamas in Gaza. U.S. contributions to UNRWA through global humanitarian accounts since 1950 have totaled more than $6 billion. \nThe 2018 changes raise questions about the future of various funding streams and U.S. political influence, as well as the impact on other international actors\u2019 support of and influence on the Palestinians. Congress has options to determine types and amounts of funding for the Palestinians, and to place conditions or oversight requirements on it. \nThe 2018 changes included\nReprogramming $231.532 million of FY2017 bilateral economic assistance that was originally intended for the West Bank and Gaza (including $25 million for East Jerusalem hospitals) for other purposes.\nEnding U.S. humanitarian contributions to UNRWA. U.S. funding in FY2018 totaled $65 million, contrasted with $359.3 million in FY2017.\nDeciding to prevent Palestinians from participating in a Conflict Management and Mitigation program (CMM) funded by USAID and the U.S. embassy in Israel. Programs involving Israelis and Palestinians generally receive $10 million annually.\nNonlethal U.S. security assistance for the PA security forces has continued, as has PA security coordination with Israel, but a majority of Palestinians support recent PLO recommendations to end the coordination. \nVarious observers are debating what the Administration wants to accomplish via the U.S. funding cuts, and how compatible its actions are with U.S. interests. Some Members of Congress have objected to the cuts, including on the grounds that they could negatively affect a number of humanitarian outcomes, especially in Hamas-controlled Gaza. Some current and former Israeli security officials have reportedly voiced concerns about the effects of drastic U.S. cuts on regional stability. \nAdditionally, in March 2018 Congress enacted the Taylor Force Act (Title X of P.L. 115-141). This law augmented existing legislative provisions to suspend U.S. bilateral economic assistance for the PA unless and until Palestinian officials cease certain payments deemed under U.S. law to be \u201cfor acts of terrorism.\u201d", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22967", "sha1": "d79381d2efee828cba7a4af517182c1ea2e9f960", "filename": "files/20181102_RS22967_d79381d2efee828cba7a4af517182c1ea2e9f960.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS22967_files&id=/0.png": "files/20181102_RS22967_images_257c7d4f2f880da59267e756349719a81cd138b9.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22967", "sha1": "9d32f423664f1d2b4c6a0fce9a3fa2d7bbf14461", "filename": "files/20181102_RS22967_9d32f423664f1d2b4c6a0fce9a3fa2d7bbf14461.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4757, "name": "Foreign Assistance" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4758, "name": "Middle East & North Africa" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 584177, "date": "2018-05-18", "retrieved": "2018-08-29T15:26:55.458300", "title": "U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians", "summary": "Under the Obama and Trump Administrations, the executive branch and Congress have taken significant measures to reduce and delay U.S. aid to the Palestinians. Questions surround the future of this aid as policymakers try to evaluate whether it is effective in accomplishing its specific programmatic purposes, as well as in improving regional stability and U.S. political influence. Some observers, including Israelis, express concern about various aspects of the aid while also voicing caution that more major changes could affect stability and Israeli security.\nReductions and delays in aid appear to have come partly from U.S.-Palestinian political tension connected with the Trump Administration\u2019s policy on Jerusalem. Additionally, in March 2018 Congress enacted the Taylor Force Act (Title X of P.L. 115-141). This law augments existing legislative provisions to suspend U.S. bilateral economic assistance for the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless and until Palestinian officials cease certain payments deemed under U.S. law to be \u201cfor acts of terrorism.\u201d\nAfter a split between the Fatah-led PA in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip in 2007, Congress increased bilateral economic assistance to the Palestinians (that had begun in the mid-1990s) and also began providing nonlethal security assistance. This aid has gone toward security, economic development, self-governance, and humanitarian needs\u2014with a specific focus on boosting the PA vis-\u00e0-vis Hamas. Economic assistance includes both USAID-administered projects and payments to PA creditors. However, since FY2013, bilateral aid levels have steadily declined from their previous annual averages of $400 million (economic) and $100 million (security). The Administration\u2019s FY2019 request is for $215 million (economic) and $35 million (security). Moreover, the Administration has not obligated any FY2017- or FY2018-appropriated bilateral economic assistance for the Palestinians to date.\nAdditionally, U.S. contributions to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)\u2014coming from global humanitarian accounts\u2014help meet the needs of approximately 5.4 million Palestinian refugees. U.S. contributions had markedly increased over the past decade, owing largely to conflict-related humanitarian needs\u2014particularly in Gaza and Syria. U.S. contributions for FY2017 totaled $359.3 million. To date, U.S. contributions for FY2018 have totaled $65 million, as the Administration withheld part of an expected January 2018 contribution. Given UNRWA\u2019s dependence on voluntary donations, funding for the organization\u2019s main activities through 2018 is in question, and partly hinges on other countries\u2019 contributions. UNRWA\u2019s funding concerns have influenced the ongoing U.S. public debate about the benefits and costs of the organization\u2019s activities, and about the nexus between political issues and humanitarian assistance.\nU.S. aid to the Palestinians remains subject to several legislative conditions and robust oversight from Congress. Bilateral assistance since 1994 has totaled more than $5 billion, and contributions to UNRWA since 1950 have totaled more than $6 billion.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22967", "sha1": "7be4b388ccc0775c37fe0db36d1bfea9522b44e8", "filename": "files/20180518_RS22967_7be4b388ccc0775c37fe0db36d1bfea9522b44e8.html", "images": { "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS22967_files&id=/1.png": "files/20180518_RS22967_images_d275ae64e245903d2ba592ecb0892b7d2deecc97.png", "/products/Getimages/?directory=RS/html/RS22967_files&id=/0.png": "files/20180518_RS22967_images_5af03edd25220898682184b7e9b8fe69448a2001.png" } }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22967", "sha1": "eddfe14eaa03dc6023660574fe23323df547fcba", "filename": "files/20180518_RS22967_eddfe14eaa03dc6023660574fe23323df547fcba.pdf", "images": {} } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4757, "name": "Foreign Assistance" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4758, "name": "Middle East & North Africa" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 457670, "date": "2016-12-16", "retrieved": "2016-12-22T16:28:49.705454", "title": "U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians", "summary": "Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed more than $5 billion in bilateral economic and non-lethal security assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world\u2019s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid. Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians in apparent support of (1) promoting the prevention or mitigation of terrorism against Israel; (2) fostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that may aid Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic prospects; and (3) meeting humanitarian needs. The long-term utility of U.S. aid in encouraging regional stability and Palestinian economic and political self-sufficiency might depend to some extent on progress toward a political solution that addresses Palestinian national aspirations and Israeli security demands.\nU.S. policy priorities regarding aid to the Palestinians have developed partly as a result of the factional and geographical split between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which took place in June 2007. From FY2008 to the present, annual Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip has averaged around $400 million, with much of this going toward U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-administered project assistance (through grants and contracts), and the rest toward budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Annual International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) non-lethal assistance for PA security forces and the criminal justice sector in the West Bank has averaged around $100 million. \nIn line with Obama Administration requests, baseline funding levels for both ESF (including ESF-Overseas Contingency Operations, or ESF-OCO) and INCLE have declined since FY2013, with FY2017 requested annual assistance amounts of $327.6 million for ESF and $35 million for INCLE. Because of congressional concerns that, among other things, U.S. aid to the Palestinians might be diverted to Palestinian terrorist groups, the aid is subject to a host of vetting and oversight requirements and legislative restrictions. \nIn addition to bilateral aid, the United States is the largest single-state donor to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).\nA number of issues relating to U.S. aid to the Palestinians have relevance for Congress, including:\nThe general effectiveness of aid and possible impacts of informal congressional holds or potential changes in assistance levels or types within both a regional and an international context.\nConcerns regarding Israeli-Palestinian violence, the reliability and capacity of U.S.-supported PA security forces, and PA-Israel security coordination.\nLegislative reductions in aid amounts in connection with official Palestinian payments for individuals implicated in terrorism and/or their families.\nWhether and how to support a PA government approved by Hamas, such as the government that was installed in June 2014 pursuant to a Fatah-Hamas agreement and was partly changed\u2014apparently without Hamas input\u2014in 2015.\nAddressing Palestinian initiatives with respect to international fora such as the United Nations and International Criminal Court (ICC).\nDealing with the multifaceted security, political, economic, and humanitarian challenges presented by the Gaza Strip.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": true, "formats": [ { "format": "HTML", "encoding": "utf-8", "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22967", "sha1": "6bbcfe3231228b4ff06a326d02df85fe601e0197", "filename": "files/20161216_RS22967_6bbcfe3231228b4ff06a326d02df85fe601e0197.html", "images": null }, { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22967", "sha1": "5a91bc156270dbfc66cd5e7ab571fe539f9fc7b2", "filename": "files/20161216_RS22967_5a91bc156270dbfc66cd5e7ab571fe539f9fc7b2.pdf", "images": null } ], "topics": [ { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4757, "name": "Foreign Assistance" }, { "source": "IBCList", "id": 4758, "name": "Middle East & North Africa" } ] }, { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 450923, "date": "2016-03-18", "retrieved": "2016-03-24T16:51:20.171492", "title": "U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians", "summary": "Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed more than $5 billion in bilateral economic and non-lethal security assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world\u2019s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid. Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians in apparent support of at least three major U.S. policy priorities of interest to Congress:\nPromoting the prevention or mitigation of terrorism against Israel from Hamas and other militant organizations. \nFostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that may incline Palestinians toward peaceful coexistence with Israel and a \u201ctwo-state solution.\u201d \nMeeting humanitarian needs.\nSince June 2007, these U.S. policy priorities have crystallized around the factional and geographical split between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. From FY2008 to the present, annual Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip has averaged around $400 million, with that amount divided between U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-administered project assistance (through grants and contracts) and budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Annual International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) non-lethal assistance for PA security forces and the criminal justice sector in the West Bank has averaged around $100 million. In line with Obama Administration requests, baseline funding levels for both ESF (including ESF-Overseas Contingency Operations, or ESF-OCO) and INCLE have declined since FY2013, with FY2017 requested annual assistance amounts of $327.6 million for ESF and $35 million for INCLE. 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