The US House of Representatives approved $500 million in aid to the Palestinians. While the per capita amount remains slightly less than the $2.8 billion allocated to Israel, the Palestinian aid comes with no strings attached.
The PLO spends US aid as it wishes while Israel has to spend it for American weapons, which cost three to five times more than comparable Russian ones.
Egypt got $1.55 billion and Jordan got $660 million.
The aid pales in comparison to the appropriations for the useless war in Iraq.
