The Bush administration announced it would stop funding Palestinian infrastructure projects. Israeli officials had asked the United States to continuing funding several projects, such as a sewage plant near Hebron, but the United States said it will provide only humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian Authority once Hamas takes power in coming days.
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