The United States will withhold aid to the Palestinians if they do not sit down for peace talks with Israel, US President Donald Trump has warned.
Speaking after talks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos on Thursday, Mr Trump said US aid to the Palestinians is “on the table” and they won't receive it “unless they sit down and negotiate peace”.
He also criticised the Palestinian leadership for refusing to meet Vice President Mike Pence during his tour of Middle East countries over the past week.
“When they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great Vice President to see them, and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and support, tremendous numbers, numbers that nobody understands – that money is on the table and that money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace,” Mr Trump said, according to Reuters.
