The Palestinian Authority said in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid over its resistance to entering peace talks with Israel that it would not be blackmailed, Reuters reported Jan 3. The United States has provided the West Bank and Gaza Strip with around $400 million in economic assistance annually since 2008. Tensions between Palestinians and the United States and Israel have escalated since Trump's Dec. 6 decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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