US cuts $200m from Palestinian aid

The cut follows a review ordered by President Donald Trump to examine whether the aid gave the US taxpayer value for money.

US, Israel officials downplay Trump’s warning of ‘price’ over Jerusalem moves

US and Israeli officials on Wednesday downplayed a remark made by US President Donald Trump a day earlier in which the American leader said Israel would pay ‘a higher price’ in peace talks with the Palestinians to compensate for Washington’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate its embassy to the city.

PA leader admits efforts to torpedo Israel-Hamas truce talks‎

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned ‎Saturday that he will not allow for two separate ‎entities to rule Palestinian lands, effectively ‎admitting that Ramallah was actively trying to ‎torpedo the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire talks ‎between Israel and Hamas.‎

Abbas: We will thwart Trump’s plan, Nation-State Law

US administration officials who purportedly claim to want to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are ‘liars,’ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday.

Israel to boost security budget by hundreds of millions of dollars

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the cabinet with his ‘2030 Security Concept’ on Wednesday, which will add hundreds of millions of dollars to military spending, and outlines the expected threats, military manpower needs, and principles for using force over the next decade.

Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal ‘virtually done,’ paper reports

After a two-day lull in violence along the Gaza Strip-Israel border, the Los Angeles Times quoted a senior Israeli official Monday as saying that a cease-fire agreement with Hamas, the Islamist organization that rules Gaza, is ‘virtually done.’

PA leader Abbas talks US peace plan with Jordan’s Abdullah

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman on Wednesday to discuss the regional situation ahead of the expected unveiling of the U.S. administration’s Middle East peace plan.

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