U.S. cuts $10 million from Israeli-Palestinian peace programs

The portion of the money involving Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was being redirected to programs between Jewish and Arab Israelis, a US embassy official told the AFP news agency.

Women celebrate inside a peace tent erected as part of an event organized by ‘Women Wage Peace,’ near the Jordan River on October 8, 2017

Women celebrate inside a peace tent erected as part of an event organized by ‘Women Wage Peace,’ near the Jordan River on October 8, 2017

(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)

ByJTA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 10:38

Updated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 12:33