Washington is reportedly weighing “real steps” against Abbas, following his strong opposition to Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with a recent massive cut to the UNRWA budget possibly “only the start.”
Last week, the US State Department announced it would withhold $65 million of the $120 million it had planned to contribute to UNRWA this month, one of several payments to the agency slated for 2018.
Now: “The US State Department is reexamining the entire (US) aid budget to the Palestinians,” Hadashot news reports.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is among those who are pushing for Abbas and the PA to “continue to pay for their attitude to the United States,” the report says, noting that other US officials disagree.
The TV stations says it has been told, “This is not a sanction.”
But if the Palestinians come back to the peace table, and end their boycott of the Trump administration, the cuts will disappear from the agenda, it said it has been told.
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