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Trump threatens to cut US aid to Palestinians

Donald Trump said negotiating on Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was ‘off the table’, a move that caused protests in Gaza and elsewhere.
President says US gets ‘no appreciation or respect’ from Palestinian Authority after it recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
3 Jan ‘18
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/trump-threatens-cut-aid-palestinians-peace-talks

Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move

Donald Trump has demonstrated either that he does not understand the situation, or does understand but does not care.
The US president is treating the Middle East peace process like a Manhattan property deal that he can bully to the table
3 Jan ‘18
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-moves-step-closer-destruction-middle-east-peace-process

The world according to Trump: 2017 was a busy year of hurling insults globally

Trump speaks on the phone with Malcolm Turnbull from the Oval Office on 28 January.
Donald Trump has lashed out at a swath of countries during his 13 months in office – and most of the time it’s been seemingly for no reason at all
28 Dec ‘17
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/28/the-world-according-to-trump-2017-was-a-busy-year-of-hurling-insults-globally


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Trump threatens to cut off US aid to Palestinian Authority

In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is threatening to cut off aid money to the Palestinian Authority and acknowledging that the Middle East peace process appears to be stalled. Trump says in a pair of tweets that, “we pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don’t even want to negotiate a long overdue ...peace treaty with Israel.”
Jan. 3, 2018
https://www.apnews.com/014efbb86511429d9c09c818a76f58e0


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Trump threatens aid to Palestinians, appears to contradict himself on Jerusalem
Trump became the first sitting US President to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital
His tweets signal he has grown frustrated with Palestinians' refusal to partake in a US-led peace process
January 3, 2018
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/trump-palestinian-aid/index.html [with embedded videos]


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