The Trump administration has been the worst in U.S. history for the Palestinians. Given the United States' record of unconditional support for the State of Israel, this is a singular achievement. The three years of Donald Trump's presidency have included the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) mission in Washington,1 the withholding of $364 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),2 the suspension of $25 million in aid to Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem,3 the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,4 recognition of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights,5 and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's double negative formulation of occupied West Bank settlements as “not inconsistent with international law.”6 As the Journal went to print, the elected leader of the United States, alongside his Israeli counterpart, Prime...
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