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One of the Barack Obama administration's final acts was to release $221m of funding to the Palestinian Authority.
Republican members of Congress had tried to block the allocation after the group sought membership of international organisations.
The funds are to be used for humanitarian aid in the West Bank and Gaza, and other projects around governance and political reform.
Seven ways Barack Obama has made Donald Trump's life more difficult Though holds placed by members of Congress are generally respected by the executive branch, they are not legally binding, and State Department officials said they would release the money just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January, Yahoo reported .
Further money was also released for climate change programmes and to various UN agencies—$4m and $1.25m respectively.
The UN money will go to projects for tackling sexual exploitation, ozone protection and peacebuilding.
The news came as it was announced Mr Trump's administration was in the "beginning stages" of discussing a plan to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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Barack Obama's best moments in the White House “A National Security staffer, Carlton Philadelphia, brought his family to the Oval Office for a farewell photo with President Obama. Carlton’s son, Jacob, softly told the President he had just gotten a haircut like President Obama, and asked if he could feel the President’s head to see if it felt the same as his.”
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Barack Obama's best moments in the White House Sept. 22, 2015 "The Obama family and Biden family greet Pope Francis as he arrives in the United States for the first time at Joint Base Andrews," Sept. 22, 2015.
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Barack Obama's best moments in the White House Jan. 21, 2013 "The President and First Lady wave to supporters as they ride in the inaugural parade. I had asked the President if I could ride in the presidential limousine and the President joked, 'But Michelle and I were planning to make out," Jan. 21, 2013.
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Barack Obama's best moments in the White House Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball, January 2009
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Mr Trump by telephone on Sunday evening, but the White House statement released after the call made no mention of the embassy.
The Palestinians have said that an embassy move would kill any prospect for peace .
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