{"id":1226,"date":"2012-04-09T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2012-04-09T14:27:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:27:35","slug":"some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Congress\u00a0approved $147 million in aid to the Palestinians which should have been spent last year to rebuild infrastructure and generate economic growth.\u00a0 Two congresswomen, however, have delayed those funds for 8 months.\u00a0 Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/opinion\/commentary\/commentary-ros-lehtinen-opposing-christian-tourism-to-holy-2283601.html\" target=\"_blank\">comments on the recent release of some of these funds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman\u00a0Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, announced on March 23 that she was ending her restriction on the funds.\u00a0\u00a0The second congresswoman, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, agreed recently to release her hold on part of the funds &#8211; $88 million &#8211; with some\u00a0restrictions that\u00a0Kuttab says potentially inhibits the growth of Christian tourism in the Holy Land.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ros-Lehtinen\u00a0stipulated that the money not be used for assistance in Gaza or for\u00a0road construction projects in the West Bank, except if directly related to security.\u00a0\u00a0She also denied use for trade facilitation, tourism promotion, scholarships for Palestinian students and other aid for Palestinian Authority agencies and ministries.\u00a0 Kattub comments:<\/p>\n<p><em>It is hard to understand why a member of Congress would set such conditions over the recommendations of USAID. The USAID money for reconstruction of Gaza was pledged by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and doesn&#8217;t go to the Hamas-led government but to the people of Gaza, who suffered tremendous hardships during the Israeli war in 2008-09. Road construction and trade facilitation projects in the West Bank fit perfectly with the two-state solution, which Israel&#8217;s prime minister supports.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He also thinks that this move contradicts\u00a0a\u00a0request for proposals from USAID, in which the U.S. government was looking for contractors able to help in rebuilding the following Christian sites in the occupied West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burqeen church near Jenin, a Christian sanctuary dating to the early Byzantine era. The current structure dates to the 12th century.<\/li>\n<li>Sabastia\/Samria. The biblical capital of the Northern Kingdom of Ancient Israel, the current ruins date from the Roman period.<\/li>\n<li>Tell Balata Archaeological Park in Nablus, which is listed as an archeological biblical site. It&#8217;s the site of the Canaanite and biblical city of Shechem.<\/li>\n<li>Jacob&#8217;s well, reputed to be the site of Jesus&#8217; encounter with the Samaritan woman. The site is also associated with the biblical patriarchs.<\/li>\n<li>Shepherd&#8217;s field in Beit Sahour, which is a Christian site near Bethlehem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is interesting that one or two people can counteract\u00a0the will of congress, our democratically-elected means of governing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Congress\u00a0approved $147 million in aid to the Palestinians which should have been spent last year to rebuild infrastructure and generate economic growth.\u00a0 Two congresswomen, however, have delayed those funds for 8 months.\u00a0 Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist, comments on the recent release of some of these funds. Congresswoman\u00a0Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8040,219,1400,7680],"tags":[8137,8136],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-gaza","category-post","category-palestinian-christians","tag-us-funding","tag-us-role-in-israel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last year, Congress\u00a0approved $147 million in aid to the Palestinians which should have been spent last year to rebuild infrastructure and generate economic growth.\u00a0 Two congresswomen, however, have delayed those funds for 8 months.\u00a0 Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist, comments on the recent release of some of these funds. Congresswoman\u00a0Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SUMUD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Julie Brenton Rowe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julie Brenton Rowe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Julie Brenton Rowe\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61\"},\"headline\":\"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"keywords\":[\"us funding\",\"us role in israel\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Analysis\",\"Gaza\",\"Keeping Faith\",\"Palestinian Christians\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/\",\"name\":\"SUMUD\",\"description\":\"Articles, stories, photos and video about keeping faith in the Holy Land and creating a peaceful, just environment where all humans can flourish.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61\",\"name\":\"Julie Brenton Rowe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Julie Brenton Rowe\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/author\\\/julie\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD","og_description":"Last year, Congress\u00a0approved $147 million in aid to the Palestinians which should have been spent last year to rebuild infrastructure and generate economic growth.\u00a0 Two congresswomen, however, have delayed those funds for 8 months.\u00a0 Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist, comments on the recent release of some of these funds. Congresswoman\u00a0Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/","og_site_name":"SUMUD","article_published_time":"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00","author":"Julie Brenton Rowe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Julie Brenton Rowe","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/"},"author":{"name":"Julie Brenton Rowe","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/#\/schema\/person\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61"},"headline":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions","datePublished":"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/"},"wordCount":411,"keywords":["us funding","us role in israel"],"articleSection":["Analysis","Gaza","Keeping Faith","Palestinian Christians"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/","name":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions - SUMUD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-04-09T20:27:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/#\/schema\/person\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/some-restricted-aid-to-finally-reach-palestinians-with-conditions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Some restricted aid to finally reach Palestinians, with conditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/","name":"SUMUD","description":"Articles, stories, photos and video about keeping faith in the Holy Land and creating a peaceful, just environment where all humans can flourish.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/#\/schema\/person\/c63a50f7d6d52baea655bdeec4de4b61","name":"Julie Brenton Rowe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d89f4e88907ea207990de392b29f7bd28fce44ff2a7dafbe5866f94d17681c0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Julie Brenton Rowe"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/author\/julie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}