Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Jan 03, 2018
3 minutes
Donald Trump’s latest intervention in the Middle East peace process – one he has already upended by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – looks like being his most chaotic move yet.
After appointing his son-in-law Jared Kushner as regional adviser and naming the fiercely pro-settlement lawyer David Friedman as his ambassador to Israel, the US president has blundered from crisis to crisis in recent weeks.
His speech recognising Jerusalem as the
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