Foreign Policy

State Department won’t ask Israel to return $75 million in aid

By Joel Gehrke
Published September 12, 2017 8:52pm ET
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State Department won’t ask Israel to return $75 million in aid
Tillerson was reportedly interested in asking Israel to return $75 million allocated by Congress at the end of last year. That would have been a departure of the Trump administration's policy as recently as May, when the White House pledged that same amount of money to support Israel's missile defense program. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) | Ariel Schalit

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s team won’t attempt to claw back $75 million in U.S. aid provided to Israel, a department official confirmed Tuesday.

“They’re going to get the money,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters.

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Donald Trump Foreign Aid Israel Joel Gehrke Palestinian Authority Palestinians Rex Tillerson State Department