webfact Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Trump threatens to withhold funding to Palestinians By Rodrigo Campos FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC, U.S., December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being "no longer willing to talk peace" with Israel. Trump said that Washington gives 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 ... with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?" The President's tweets follow plans disclosed by his U.N. ambassador earlier on Tuesday to stop funding a United Nations agency that provides humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees. "The President has basically said he doesn't want to give any additional funding, or stop funding, until the Palestinians agree to come back to the negotiation table," Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters when asked about future U.S. funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. The U.S. is the largest donor to the agency, with a pledge of nearly $370 million as of 2016, according to UNRWA's website. Relations between the Palestinians and Washington soured early last month after Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, generating outrage across the Arab world and concern among Washington's Western allies. [nL1N1O60IS] Weeks later, more than 120 countries defied Trump and voted in favour of a U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its stance on Jerusalem's status. [nL8N1OL4FA] "What we saw with the resolution was not helpful to the situation," Haley said on Tuesday. "The Palestinians now have to show to the world that they want to come to the table. As of now, they're not coming to the table but they asked for aid. We're not giving the aid, we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process," she said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the Trump administration's decision on Jerusalem the "greatest crime" and a flagrant violation of international law, and said it was unacceptable for the United States to have a role in the Middle East peace process because it was biased in favour of Israel. On Tuesday, the Israeli Parliament passed an amendment that would make it harder for it to cede control over parts of Jerusalem in any peace deal with the Palestinians. [nL8N1OX15J] (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos, additional reporting by Eric Beech in Washington D.C., Editing by Rosalba O'Brien) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-01-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 It seems that Trump is a roll now, withholding, justiciable so, billions in useless aids to bodies and countries that take these kind helps for granted and a matter of course, The Palestinians use some of these funds and others donated to them to pay salaries to dead terrorists families and to enshrine and glorify martyrs, while crying to the world of being the under dog.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Trump and his pit bull continue in their quest to make a complex situation worse. Diplomacy? **** diplomacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generealty Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Bluespunk - Why should countries in the West continue to send $Billions each year in aid when people in their own countries are having a rough time. I do not think Trump is the bad guy here. I think he is spot on. Time to stop the freeloaders and look after their own. If it was not Trump I bet your post would have been different. Same as UK everything is the fault of Brexit. Bullsh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, generealty said: Bluespunk - Why should countries in the West continue to send $Billions each year in aid when people in their own countries are having a rough time. I do not think Trump is the bad guy here. I think he is spot on. Time to stop the freeloaders and look after their own. If it was not Trump I bet your post would have been different. Same as UK everything is the fault of Brexit. Bullsh.. Spot on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, generealty said: Bluespunk - Why should countries in the West continue to send $Billions each year in aid when people in their own countries are having a rough time. I do not think Trump is the bad guy here. I think he is spot on. Time to stop the freeloaders and look after their own. If it was not Trump I bet your post would have been different. Same as UK everything is the fault of Brexit. Bullsh.. Even if one agreed with your point of view, it cannot be denied that there are better ways to go about it. The way Trump communicates his thoughts, and what passes for policy decisions, doesn't help much (and that goes for US interests as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Trump is to diplomacy what a retired WWF wrestler with a nervous twitch is to conducting an orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonThong Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, Morch said: Even if one agreed with your point of view, it cannot be denied that there are better ways to go about it. The way Trump communicates his thoughts, and what passes for policy decisions, doesn't help much (and that goes for US interests as well). Well, I for one am in favor of the way he is handling things. No beating about the bush. Tells it like it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, PhonThong said: Well, I for one am in favor of the way he is handling things. No beating about the bush. Tells it like it is. Simple is as simple does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 While being a Brit i dont know much about Trump ,but its about time Politicians in the UK ,told it like it is and stop giving our hard earned taxes away to those who hate us . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Yep, for once I can agree with Trump, I wish the UK would do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 hours ago, generealty said: Bluespunk - Why should countries in the West continue to send $Billions each year in aid when people in their own countries are having a rough time. I do not think Trump is the bad guy here. I think he is spot on. Time to stop the freeloaders and look after their own. If it was not Trump I bet your post would have been different. Same as UK everything is the fault of Brexit. Bullsh.. Brilliant summation, and now finally, a world leader that's calling it how it really is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janclaes47 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 41 minutes ago, PhonThong said: Well, I for one am in favor of the way he is handling things. No beating about the bush. Tells it like it is. But that is not how the Trump haters want it. They like to be lied to by their government, then go on facebook to post that politicians can't be trusted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 It is about time to stop paying these buys blood money for their version of peace. Why not millions to North Korea so they won't upset their neighbors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Trump and his pit bull continue in their quest to make a complex situation worse. Diplomacy? **** diplomacy. Your posts are just like a broken record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Duck Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 4 hours ago, generealty said: Bluespunk - Why should countries in the West continue to send $Billions each year in aid when people in their own countries are having a rough time. I do not think Trump is the bad guy here. I think he is spot on. Time to stop the freeloaders and look after their own. If it was not Trump I bet your post would have been different. Same as UK everything is the fault of Brexit. Bullsh.. $370 million does not equal even one billion dollars, more less billionS. Why doesn't he cut the 2 to 5 billions of dollars in military aid the US has been giving to Israel for around 20 to 30 years? Oh wait, that is actually corporate welfare for the Military Industrial Complex's billionaires as a condition of such aid is it must be spent on US made arms and ammunition. Check out this website made by progressive Israelis http://ifamericaknew.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonThong Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Morch said: Simple is as simple does. Must have missed the part where you are the approving authority...for all post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonThong Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said: $370 million does not equal even one billion dollars, more less billionS. Why doesn't he cut the 2 to 5 billions of dollars in military aid the US has been giving to Israel for around 20 to 30 years? Oh wait, that is actually corporate welfare for the Military Industrial Complex's billionaires as a condition of such aid is it must be spent on US made arms and ammunition. Check out this website made by progressive Israelis http://ifamericaknew.org/ Maybe because Israel is not a threat to the U.S. Security. Also, haven't heard of Israel running terrorist camps or permitting terrorist to hide out in Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, IAMHERE said: It is about time to stop paying these buys blood money for their version of peace. Why not millions to North Korea so they won't upset their neighbors? I guess it's a matter of realpolitik. The Palestinians exist and maybe all that can be realistically hoped for it the current status quo, but there are much worse scenarios than the status quo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, janclaes47 said: But that is not how the Trump haters want it. They like to be lied to by their government, then go on facebook to post that politicians can't be trusted trump lies much more than any other president ... in a dramatic way. He's the liar in chief on steroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 *Deleted post* Not very strong for the simple reason that the jewish lobby leaned to the left on the issue and this was reflected in the former Obama administration policy. The jewish lobby had a policy different than Trump's. I am not surprised that people like you wish to blame the juden for this as it is easy and convenient, but this US position was a long time in the making. For decades the Palestinians have taken money and pissed on the donors supporting terrorists and governments hostile to those western donors. I remind you that the Palestinian administration supported the invasion of Iraq, supported the unrest in Bahrain, support the brutal regime of Quadaffi, supported the muslim brotherhood in Egypt, aligned itself with Hizbollah in Lebanon, supported the Iranian backed uprising in Yemen , supported Assad's regime etc. Most recently, the PLA rep in Pakistan appeared at an Islamic rally with the terrorist responsible for the Mumbai massacre. The Palestinians have a history of violence and extremist positions. Let the rest of the arab world pay the bills instead of spending on excessive luxuries. Let China and Russia pay. F all of them. The west should stop paying these arabs, Pakistan etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jerry787 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 the mad trumpet, before make jerusalem capital of israel, then cut money to Palestinians, i jsut wish anyone who voted such arrogant fool, will be in similar situations in a near future ad the Palestinians now and maybe they will bite their finger off re calling the day they voted for such fool and mad persons, that why rednecks flocked the pools to vote him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jerry787 said: the mad trumpet, before make jerusalem capital of israel, then cut money to Palestinians, i jsut wish anyone who voted such arrogant fool, will be in similar situations in a near future ad the Palestinians now and maybe they will bite their finger off re calling the day they voted for such fool and mad persons, that why rednecks flocked the pools to vote him ! The difficult thing is that insulting his supporters (in many cases, well deserved) only makes them love him more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 8 hours ago, webfact said: Trump said that Washington gives 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 Long overdue it is. And that is down to the Palestinians? The Israelis want nothing that involves their ceding anything, and while previous U.S. presidents have tended to favour the Israeli cause (there aren't enough Palestinian votes to tip the balance), Trump has brought Israeli a__se licking down to a fine art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said: Long overdue it is. And that is down to the Palestinians? The Israelis want nothing that involves their ceding anything, and while previous U.S. presidents have tended to favour the Israeli cause (there aren't enough Palestinian votes to tip the balance), Trump has brought Israeli a__se licking down to a fine art. Don't be shocked but I'd have to agree with you that the blame for lack of a peace process is not on any one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Troublesome Retarded Uneducated Mouthy Pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 it's about time the U.S. stands up to the Jews. we should cut aid to Israel, it's one big land grab with the Israelis they feel that they have nothing to lose. meanwhile they subjugate the Palestinians to inhumane treatment, not much better than the Nazis. the Jewish lobby in the U.S. will never let this happen. my hope is that the U.S. will eventually be shunned by the international community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 13 minutes ago, malibukid said: good point, the Jewish lobby has Trump in his pocket, good for the Donald's business interest, they are proxies for the Israeli State. Your posts are a great example (there are so many) where opposition to U.S. Israel policy bleeds into antisemitism. Yes, it is complicated. But sadly so many people insist on the same old simplistic hate mongering. Quote The first is the college campus, and the second is the national political scene. On college campuses (and wherever the fight against the Boycott Israel movement is engaged), groups intent on fighting anti-Israel activity often insist that Israel’s enemies are anti-Semitic, certainly in effect, and usually by intent. They point to slogans and imagery that draw on age-old stereotypes of Jewish control and collusion. They ask why of all the countries in the world — including those with gruesome human rights records — Israel is singled out for threats and boycotts. https://www.jta.org/2018/01/02/news-opinion/opinion/how-do-you-define-anti-semitism-its-complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 9 hours ago, ezzra said: It seems that Trump is a roll now, withholding, justiciable so, billions in useless aids to bodies and countries that take these kind helps for granted and a matter of course, The Palestinians use some of these funds and others donated to them to pay salaries to dead terrorists families and to enshrine and glorify martyrs, while crying to the world of being the under dog.... agreed...the us has provided enough welfare to the nations of the world...and far too many un members hold the us in contempt...what's the worst that can happen? muslims in the middle east hate the us? muslims in the middle east hate israel? terror attacks from muslim extremists? i'm not a big trump supporter, but this decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital is long overdue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple1 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 How much of US aid for Palestinians, plus all other international donors, actually ends up benefiting the Israeli economy through trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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