Obama signs waiver to lift Palestinian aid barrier

administers the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A provision of The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programmes Appropriations Act of 2012 said none of the funds “may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority.”
In signing the waiver, Obama instructed Clinton to inform Congress of the move, on the grounds that “waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States.” — AFP.

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