Proof Engine Verification (PROVED): Total international aid disbursed to Palestinian entities from 1994 through 2023 exceeded 40 billion USD in nominal terms when summing OECD DAC bilateral aid and UNRWA contributions.

Automated fact-verification of the claim: "Total international aid disbursed to Palestinian entities from 1994 through 2023 exceeded 40 billion USD in nominal terms when summing OECD DAC bilateral aid and UNRWA contributions." Verdict: PROVED Key Findings Three independent sources — Wikipedia, Arab Center Washington DC, and The Borgen Project — each independently cite OECD DAC data confirming that aid to Palestinians totaled over $40 billion between 1994 and 2020 alone (B1, B2, B3). OECD 2023 preliminary data confirms $1.4 billion in additional ODA to West Bank & Gaza in 2023 alone (B4), a conservative figure that excludes UNRWA core operations. Conservative lower bound for 1994–2023: $40,000,000,000 (floor, 1994–2020) + $1,400,000,000 (2023) = $41,400,000,000 — exceeding the $40B threshold by $1.4B even under this underestimate. The 2023 OECD figure excludes UNRWA; 2021–2022 are also omitted from the lower bound. The actual 1994–2023 total is substantially higher than $41.4B. Files proof.py — Re-runnable Python verification script proof.md — Structured proof report proof_audit.md — Full verification audit trail proof_narrative.md — Plain-language summary proof.json — Machine-readable structured data Generated by Proof Engine v0.10.0.