U.S. stops $60 million in security aid to Palestine

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Palestinians officially stopped receiving security aid from the U.S. on Friday after the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act went into effect.

The act, passed in 2018, would have put Palestine at economic risk of litigation if it were to accept the $60 million in security services aid that the U.S. previously provided annually, reports The Hill.

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Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.