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class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003ePalestinian officials voiced outrage on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's threat to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority, calling his tweets \"blackmail.\"               In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Trump expressed...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePalestinian officials voiced outrage on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's threat to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority, calling his tweets \"blackmail.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Trump expressed frustration over the lack of progress in his attempts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and pointed his finger at the Palestinians. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We pay the Palestinians HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"But with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?\" \u003cbr/\u003e              Trump upset the Palestinians last month by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and announcing plans to move the US embassy to the holy city. \u003cbr/\u003e              The Palestinians, who claim Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as their capital, accused Trump of siding with Israel on the most sensitive issue in the conflict and subsequently said the US could no longer serve as a mediator. \u003cbr/\u003e              International support for the Palestinians increased sharply after the creation of the Palestinian Authority in 1994, an autonomy government that was meant to last for five years as a prelude to a final peace deal. \u003cbr/\u003e              But negotiations have repeatedly sputtered, and the Palestinian Authority has become a permanent fixture, propped up by billions in international aid to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories. \u003cbr/\u003e              The US, as one of the largest donors to the Palestinians, could inflict great pain on them by cutting off aid. \u003cbr/\u003e              Yet it could also have a negative effect on Israel, which also relies on the Palestinian Authority to help maintain calm. \u003cbr/\u003e              As an occupying power, it is formally responsible for the welfare of Palestinians. \u003cbr/\u003e              The existence of the Palestinian Authority means Israel no longer needs to shoulder that financial burden. \u003cbr/\u003e              Israel also has a security interest in the continued functioning of the Palestinian Authority, since Palestinian security services cooperate with Israel to prevent attacks by Hamas and other militant groups. \u003cbr/\u003e              The United States has contributed over 5 billion US dollars in economic and security aid since the mid-1990s, according to Congressional research figures. \u003cbr/\u003e              Annual economic aid since 2008 has averaged around $400 million, much of it devoted to development projects. \u003cbr/\u003e              Between 2012 and 2016, the United States Agency for International Development provided over 1.7 billion dollars in development and humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, according to the US State Department. \u003cbr/\u003e              Additionally, the US has donated an average of 100 million dollars annually to President Mahmoud Abbas's security services. \u003cbr/\u003e              Cutting the funding could prove disastrous for Israel. \u003cbr/\u003e              The World Bank says that there is currently no feasible alternative to aid as budget support to the Palestinian Authority, given the poor state of the Palestinian economy. \u003cbr/\u003e              It blames Israeli restrictions in the West Bank, as well as a continued rift between the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip for the economic troubles. \u003cbr/\u003e              Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday that the Palestinians \"will not be blackmailed\" by the president, adding that Trump \"single-handedly destroyed the very foundations of peace\" by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital last month.\u003cbr/\u003e              Earlier on Tuesday, the US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, presaged Trump's threat, saying president doesn't want to give more funds \"until the Palestinians are willing to come back to the negotiation table.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              American officials have been weighing possible retaliatory actions against the Palestinians for a UN resolution condemning Trump's Jerusalem decision. \u003cbr/\u003e              The resolution passed by a 128-9 margin. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We still very much want to have a peace process. Nothing changes with that. The Palestinians now have to show they want to come to the table,\" Haley said. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"As of now, they're not coming to the table, but they ask for aid. We're not giving the aid. We're going to make sure that they come to the table.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              In addition to its support for the Palestinian Authority, the US is also the largest donor UNRWA, the UN agency that assists Palestinian refugees. \u003cbr/\u003e              The US donated 355 million dollars to UNRWA in 2016, nearly 30 percent of its total funding. \u003cbr/\u003e              A large portion of the organisation's activity is focused on providing health care, education and food aid to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. \u003cbr/\u003e              Ending this aid could precipitate a humanitarian crisis, particularly in impoverished Gaza, where a majority of residents are eligible for UNRWA support. \u003cbr/\u003e              UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said it had not been informed of any changes to US funding at this time.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Aida refugee camp, West Bank - 3 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. UN rubbish truck being driven through gate\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Mid of UN sign and flag \u003cbr/\u003e              3. Close of UN flag \u003cbr/\u003e              4. Sign reading (Arabic/English) \"UNRWA - Aida and Beit Jibrin Camp Services Office.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              5. Road and graffiti on wall reading (English) \"We will return.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Ramallah, West Bank - 3 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanan Ashrawi, leading member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO):\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I would say that Palestinian rights are not for sale, and we will not succumb to blackmail. There are imperatives and requirements for peace, and unilaterally (US) President Trump destroyed them. He has even sabotaged our efforts achieving a just peace and getting freedom and dignity for the Palestinian people. By recognising occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel he has not only disqualified himself as a peace broker, or a mediator, by taking sides and becoming complicit in Israel's occupation. He has also totally sabotaged - he has totally destroyed - the very foundations of peace.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. People walking in street \u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fayeq Yakoub, Ramallah resident:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I advise our people and our youth to return to our land, to our forgotten land that is waiting for us, to farm it, to drink and eat from it. We don't need Trump or any other, not even another Arab or any other foreign country.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Aida refugee camp, West Bank - 3 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Wide of UNRWA school\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Girls walking in camp\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of UN cleaner next to Israeli separation wall \u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nidal al-Azzeh, camp resident:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This decision (referring to Trump's tweet) shows the dominance of the United States over the whole world. In fact, the United States has used this policy in other areas, and now this policy is being used intensively against Palestinians. In July, Trump threatened to cut the funds for the Palestinians if they did not commit to the peace process, of course the peace process as Trump sees it. Far from rights and far from human rights, it is only a commitment to Israel's security and nothing more than that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide of entrance to camp \u003cbr/\u003e              Jerusalem - 3 January 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Wide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Cabinet meeting \u003cbr/\u003e              15. Ministers in cabinet meeting \u003cbr/\u003e              16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tzachi Hanegbi, Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"President Trump is absolutely right, it is impossible to wait and wait and wait for so many years for the Palestinians to go forward, and renew the negotiations. They left the room in April '14, and for four years almost they (were) reluctant to negotiate with Israel and they should not be given so much money from the American taxpayer without no understanding that it's time for them to get pragmatic, come to their senses and negotiate with Israel.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              17. 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