Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .

Suzanne Fields

Suzanne Fields

Aid Approved Assistance Authority Calm Congress Critics Current Direct Eye Financial Foreign Foreign Aid House Last Many Merely Package Palestinian Palestinians Representatives Storm Think Those Week Why

Related Quotes

I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

— Lindsey Graham

AidForeignForeign Aid

Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.

— Richard Engel

AfghanAidBillions

Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.

— Anthony Lewis

AidCongressConservative

Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.

AidAmericanConservatives

The Mexicans bowed down when we talked about removing their foreign aid, and then they began cooperating with our country.