The Obama 'admin' plan to infuse another $300 million toward attaining the “success of a future Palestinian state.”

The Obama 'admin' plan to infuse another $300 million toward attaining the “success of a future Palestinian state.”(WND).The Obama administration has released details of a plan to infuse another $300 million into West Bank and Gaza construction projects, spending it deems critical toward attaining the “success of a future Palestinian state.” Despite combined U.S. and international donor-community efforts, a significant portion of the public infrastructure currently under Palestinian Authority control remains in need of expansion or repair, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development, the USAID.
Obama, through USAID, is stepping in to meet the need as a successful Palestinian state “depends upon an infrastructure system capable of providing basic services to a growing population,” the agency said in a Statement of Work released Sept. 24. The Local Construction Project, or LCP, on the other hand, explicitly forbids the transfer of funds to PA-owned or controlled entities – though it likewise mandates that subsequent awards are given to local contractors, thereby excluding the participation of U.S. vendors. 
Despite the prohibition against the awarding of contracts to government-affiliated firms, the PA indeed will directly benefit from the LCP. While the bulk of the aid tentatively is slated for roads and local water-related projects, the construction and rehabilitation of municipal and local government infrastructure is permitted. Other permissible projects include those benefiting health clinics and hospitals; wastewater treatment plant components and related infrastructure; and youth and sports facilities. USAID also gave itself some additional flexibility by inserting a provision in the SOW allowing contract awards for: “Other related infrastructure construction programs, which may include any other infrastructure facilities identified as vital to the success of USAID strategic goals.” Specifically excluded from project funding, however, are power generation and transmission infrastructure, large-scale wastewater treatment plant facilities and “provision of U.S. equipment and materials for the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian entities.”
Accompanying the document are updated U.S. government guidelines – known as Mission Order No. 21 – for ensuring that USAID-funded assistance “does not inadvertently provide support to entities or individuals associated with terrorism.”
As WND also reported, Obama, through USAID, launched a media- and public-outreach program to improve Palestinian opinion of U.S. policy, an effort that would help secure Obama a place in history for bringing statehood a step closer to reality.Hmmm..........Obama: "But I’m also mindful of the proverb, “A man is judged by his deeds, not his words.” So if you want to know where my heart lies, look no further than what I have done — to stand up for Israel."Read the full story here.