The Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, which allocated up to $250 million for Israeli-Palestinian peace-building efforts, has had its grants canceled by the Trump administration's slashing of USAID. The fund's beneficiaries, including civil society organizations such as the Parents Circle, Women Wage Peace, and the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, have had their contracts terminated. The cuts are seen as a blow to bottom-up peace efforts and have raised concerns about the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.