Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee says funds are national security interests of the United States and that Israel does not object to the assistance.
France said Friday it would abstain when the United Nations Security Council votes next week on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the world body.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was “deeply concerned” by the latest Israeli decisions to expedite settlement activities in response to Palestinian accession to UNESCO.
U.S. envoys tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that Washington objects to Israel freezing tax income that it collects for the Palestinians.
A trade union leader in Belgium has threatened to take action against Jewish schools in retaliation for the Israeli government policy towards the Palestinians, Jewish weekly Joods Actueel reported.