State Department: Aid to PA doesn't provide value to taxpayers

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Tuesday explained Washington’s decision last week to cut the aid it provides to the Palestinian Authority (PA), saying it was determined that the aid did not provide value to the U.S. taxpayer.

On Friday, the State Department announced it would cut $200 million in bilateral assistance to the PA and would redirect the funds to "high-priority projects elsewhere."