{"id":540491,"date":"2021-05-25T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540491"},"modified":"2021-05-25T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:20:47","slug":"blinken-announces-another-112-million-in-assistance-for-palestinians-gaza-relief-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-announces-another-112-million-in-assistance-for-palestinians-gaza-relief-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Announces Another $112 Million In Assistance For Palestinians, Gaza Relief Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-announces-another-112-million-in-assistance-for-palestinians-gaza-relief-projects%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232301267.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced another $112 million in relief for Palestinians and other relief projects in Gaza and said the U.S. will reopen its consulate in Jerusalem, a move aimed at enhancing diplomatic relations with the Palestinians after they deteriorated under former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will commit an additional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/blinken-us-assistance-palestinians-us-reopen-consulate\">$112 million<\/a> helping Palestinians and for other relief projects in Gaza, including $75 million in development and economic aid, $5.5 million in disaster relief in Gaza, and $32 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken said that the U.S. is in the process of providing a total of $360 million to support&nbsp;the Palestinian people. The secretary of state has promised that no aid will go to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which does not recognize Israel\u2019s right to exist and has long been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\/\">designated<\/a> a terrorist organization by the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I told the president, I\u2019m here to underscore the commitment of the United States to rebuilding the relationship with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people, a relationship built on mutual respect and also a shared conviction that Palestinians and Israelis alike deserve equal measures of security, freedom, opportunity and dignity,\u201d Blinken said at a news conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on&nbsp;Tuesday night local time.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken emphasized, however, \u201cthe United States fully supports Israel\u2019s right to defend itself against attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump had placed&nbsp;diplomatic relations with the Palestinians under the purview of the U.S.&nbsp;ambassador to Israel when he moved the American embassy&nbsp;from&nbsp;Tel Aviv&nbsp;to&nbsp;Jerusalem, thereby recognizing&nbsp;Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The move enraged Palestinians, who claim&nbsp;east Jerusalem and view it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also reiterated that the U.S. will try to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal, despite Netanyahu\u2019s opposition. Earlier on Tuesday, President Joe Biden\u2019s secretary of state met with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the meetings I\u2019ve had so far, I\u2019ve heard a shared recognition from all sides that steps need to be taken, work needs to be done, to address the underlying conditions that help fuel this latest conflict,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 people have been killed over&nbsp;11 days of conflict between Gaza and Israel that began on May 10 and has been suspended since Friday, when Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict began when Hamas fired rockets into Israel following a clash between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israel responded with air strikes against Hamas in Gaza. Both sides have claimed victory in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,\u201d Netanyahu said, promising a \u201cnew level of force\u201d in response to further attacks by the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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