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Trump Administration Warns Palestinian Aid Recipients That Funds May Soon Be Cut

Sanitation kits and soap provided by USAID is transported for displaced people in Gaza City on Aug. 15, 2014. The Trump Administration has slashed more than half a billion dollars to the Palestinians this year.

The Trump administration has slashed more than half a billion dollars in aid to the Palestinians this year. Now, the United States says it may cut more money for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The U.S. Agency for International Development told grant recipients by email Saturday to start planning for the possibility

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