A high-ranking Democrat will introduce legislation to make U.S. assistance to the Palestinians conditional on Arab aid to the Palestinians. “The Gulf Arabs, not the American taxpayer, should be leading the way to help the Palestinians,” Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) said Thursday at a meeting of the House of Representatives International Relations Committee, where he is the ranking member.
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