US to transfer $150m. to Palestinians

Mar 19, 2008 14:51 Updated Mar 19, 2008 15:26
US to transfer $150m. to Palestinians
By ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank

The US is transferring $150 million in aid to the Palestinian government in the coming days, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salaam Fayad announced Wednesday.

PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayad.Photo: AP
The payment is part of a total of $550 million the US pledged to pay to the Palestinians over three years, part of a total of $7.7 billion in pledges from international donors made at a conference in Paris in December.

Call, Email, Fax your Senator and tell him/her that you don't want any of your tax money(yes, it's your money not your senator's money) to go to the PA for any reason. Please use proper discretion, be polite and curteous. Look at VIPAC for some letter suggestions. http://www.vipac.org/archive/

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Then contact the President and the Vice President and tell them the same thing. Please use proper discretion, be polite and curteous.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

The contact the Secretary of State and tell her the same thing. Please use proper discretion, be polite and curteous.

http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=7N2FT7_i&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xMTEmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x