RAMALLAH, Apr 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine on Friday, said that, it has not received any financial aid from the U.S. administration, noting that contacts between the two sides are still suspended.
Ibrahim Melhem, spokesman of the Palestinian government, said in Ramallah city that, “we have not received any money from the current U.S. administration, and there are no relations or contacts with it.”
Melhem’s remarks came, as a response to U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman’s remark, that his country will provide five million U.S. dollars to Palestinian hospitals and families, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
In late 2017, the Palestinian Authority broke off its political contacts with the U.S. administration, after a decision was taken by President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Since then, U.S. President, Donald Trump, suspended all U.S. aids to the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.– NNN-WAFA
