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Undated: State of Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine[i]  is a de jure sovereign state[16][17] in Western Asia claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt)[3] with Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative center is currently located in Ramallah.[ii][4][5] The entirety of territory claimed by the State of Palestine has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967.[8][not in citation given] Palestine has a population of 4,816,503 as of 2016, ranked 123rd in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine

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February 18: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would remain “neutral” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if he became U.S. president and pledged to give finding a solution between the two sides “one hell of a shot.”
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-will-remain-neutral-israeli-palestinian-conflict-if-428000

March 10: Thursday-night Republican presidential debate once again touched on frontrunner Donald Trump's statement that he would take a more "neutral" approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I'm a negotiator," Trump said when pressed on whether the US should continue to support the Palestinian Authority, which is accused of inciting terrorism after a Palestinian attacker allegedly killed a US Army veteran in Israel earlier this week.

"I would like to at least have the other side think I'm somewhat neutral as to them so that we can maybe get a deal done," he said of a possible Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. 
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-israel-palestinian-conflict-2016-3

November 15: Trump could kill off what's left of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
https://www.vox.com/world/2016/11/15/13629690/trump-israel-palestine-peace-process-settlements-jerusalem

December 16: 
President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine Peace Deal ... The two-state solution is not lost for the incoming administration. But Trump will have to pick his battles on settlements wisely.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/04/president-trump-and-the-art-of-the-ultimate-israel-palestine-peace-deal/


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December 17: A senior Palestinian politician has condemned US President-elect Donald Trump's choice of ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a right-wing lawyer who has vowed to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. 

Along with other Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories, Israel has occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 war and has built Jewish-only settlements throughout the territory in contravention of international law.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/palestinians-decry-trump-choice-israel-ambassador-161217050117312.html

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January 27: Palestine CONFIRMS it received $221m from Obama despite LAST DITCH block attempt by Trump
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/759427/palestine-obama-israel-trump-jerusalem-tel-aviv-embassy

February 15: Meeting Israel's Netanyahu, Trump backs away from commitment to Palestinian state
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel/meeting-israels-netanyahu-trump-backs-away-from-commitment-to-palestinian-state-idUSKBN15U0GB

February 15:
Donald Trump questions the "two-state" solution

Trump’s new stance on Palestine and Israel reverses two decades of US policy
https://qz.com/911804/donald-trump-doesnt-back-the-two-state-solution-for-palestine-and-israel-reversing-two-decades-of-us-policy/

February 21: Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal’ Leaves Out One Vital Player: Palestinians. ... In plotting a decidedly lopsided “one-state solution,” Trump and Netanyahu are following an old and exclusionary script. 
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-middle-east-deal-leaves-out-one-vital-player-palestinians/

October 11: 'Here we go again': Israel and Palestine may doom Trump's Middle East peace push before it even starts
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-israel-palestine-peace-plan-2017-10

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November 18: The Trump administration put the Palestine Liberation Organization on notice Friday that it will close the group's office in Washington if the Palestinians don't get serious about peace talks with Israel, State Department officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/politics/state-department-palestinians-washington-mission-israel/index.html

November 18: Trump administration threatens to shutter Palestinians' D.C. office
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-threatens-to-shutter-palestinians-d-c-office/

November 18: The Palestinians threatened on Saturday to cease communication with the United States if the White House closes its diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C., lodging a potential thorn in President Trump's plans for Mideast peace.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/18/565084773/palestinians-threaten-to-suspend-talks-if-u-s-closes-plo-mission

December 5: Palestinian protesters burn images of Trump and the U.S. flag ahead of his controversial promise to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5146653/Abbas-aide-warns-Jerusalem-harm-US-Mideast.html


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December 7: Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit Will Speed the Colonization of Palestinian Lands ... But Palestinians will continue to seek ways to secure their rights to freedom and equality.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-jerusalem-gambit-will-speed-the-colonization-of-palestinian-lands/

December 9: More than 100 people rallied at San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza on Saturday to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his plan to move the U.S. embassy there.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/supporters-of-palestine-rally-in-s-f-to-condemn-trumps-move-on-jerusalem/

December 11: Jerusalem: Exhausted and adrift, Palestinians offer muted response to Trump ... When Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, analysts warned it could bring a wave of violence. But the response of outraged and distrustful Palestinians has been muted, and some are ready to abandon the two-state solution for peace.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/1211/Jerusalem-Exhausted-and-adrift-Palestinians-offer-muted-response-to-Trump

December 13: The Palestinian president just said he won’t work with Trump ... Mahmoud Abbas’s last stand.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/12/13/16772590/abbas-trump-jerusalem-capital-israel-palestine-peace

December 17: What Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem means to Palestinians

With Jerusalem off the table as a shared territory, a two-state solution to the Middle East has become impossible
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/17/what-trumps-declaration-on-jerusalem-means-to-palestinians_partner/

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January 3: Palestinians condemn Trump's threat to halt aid payments; mixed reaction in Israel
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/03/palestinians-condemn-trumps-threat-to-halt-aid-payments-mixed-reaction-in-israel.html

January 4: What would Donald Trump ending US aid mean for Palestinians? ... Donald Trump is threatening to cut off US aid to the Palestinian territories. The move, which follows his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, could have dire consequences for people in Gaza and the West Bank.
http://www.dw.com/en/what-would-donald-trump-ending-us-aid-mean-for-palestinians/a-42033259

January 8: Trump’s peace deal: A Gaza-centered Palestine
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/01/israel-palestinians-us-egypt-saudi-arabia-mahmoud-abbas.html

January 14: The Palestinian president railed at President Donald Trump in a fiery, two-hour-long speech on Sunday, saying “shame on you” for his treatment of the Palestinians and warning that he would have no problem rejecting what he suggested would be an unacceptable peace plan.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/14/abbas-trump-palestinians-slap-340489


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January 14: Palestinian Authority president Abbas calls Trump peace offer 'slap of the century'
http://www.france24.com/en/20180114-palestinian-authority-president-abbas-israel-trump-middle-east-peace-offer-slap-century

January 17: Abbas: Jerusalem at the gate of peace and war, Trump must choose
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-Jerusalem-at-the-gate-of-peace-and-war-Trump-must-choose-536996

January 18: Palestinians fear isolation over Arab support for Trump peace plan
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/abbas-palestinian-authority-trump-peace-plan-1434319764

January 21:
Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has revealed details of the US peace plan to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The report included 13 items which outline US President Donald Trump’s plan. According to the report, the first item recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and provides for transferring the US embassy to it. According to the report, this means “the end of the issue of Jerusalem”, because no Israeli government will negotiate over Jerusalem after the US administration recognizes it as its capital.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180122-palestine-chief-negotiator-reveals-details-of-trump-peace-plan/


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January 22: Slovenia is preparing to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state next month as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urged European Union countries to do so, reflecting concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.

Slovenia would join Sweden as the second EU member to recognize Palestine among the bloc’s 28 states ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/slovenia-readies-to-recognize-palestine-after-trump-embassy-move

January 23: 'Trump - he wants us to die': Palestinians fear US aid cuts could ignite Gaza tinderbox ... Aid workers have stark warnings for the US President, after he slashed American funding for the UN agency here. 'They have seen the peace efforts fall apart and their own leadership divided. But nobody has ever taken away their bread'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-israel-palestine-mike-pence-us-aid-cuts-gaza-strip-violence-war-palestinian-authority-a8172811.html

January 23: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday the timing of a long-awaited U.S. Middle East peace initiative depended on the return of Palestinians to negotiations.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-pence/timing-of-trump-peace-plan-depends-on-palestinians-pence-idUSKBN1FC1A9


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January 23: Trump cuts aid to Palestinian refugees – and throws their future into doubt

The Trump administration has announced that it will drastically cut its donations to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Instead of the US$125m expected, UNRWA will now receive only US$60m from the US to fund its services for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
https://theconversation.com/trump-cuts-aid-to-palestinian-refugees-and-throws-their-future-into-doubt-90282

January 24: ... former US secretary of state John Kerry met in London with a close associate of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Hussein Agha, for a long and open conversation about a variety of topics.

During the conversation, according to the report, Kerry asked Agha to convey a message to Abbas and ask him to “hold on and be strong.” Tell him, he told Agha, “that he should stay strong in his spirit and play for time, that he will not break and will not yield to President [Donald] Trump’s demands.”

According to Kerry, Trump will not remain in office for a long time. It was reported that Kerry said that within a year there was a good chance that Trump would not be in the White House.
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Kerry-to-Abbas-confidante-Stay-strong-and-do-not-give-in-to-Trump-539643


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January 25: Trump again threatens to cut off aid to Palestinians ... President Donald Trump threatened to cut off aid to the Palestinians on Thursday if their leaders don't agree to peace talks with Israel ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/trump-small-embassy-jerusalem/index.html

January 25: Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinians for 'disrespecting' Pence ... Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, saying that Palestinians had “disrespected” Vice-President Mike Pence on his visit to the region.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/25/trump-threatens-to-cut-aid-to-palestinians-for-disrespecting-pence

January 25:
Palestinians Respond to Trump: If Jerusalem Off Table, Then U.S. No Longer Has Seat at the Table

Trump can buy many things with his money, but he won’t be able to buy the dignity of our nation,' Palestinians say after Trump threatens to cut aid if Palestinians refuse to return to peace talk
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/palestinians-to-trump-if-jerusalem-off-table-then-so-is-u-s-1.5766591

January 26: Palestinians are taking a huge risk by ignoring Trump's threat to cut off US aid ... President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to cut off as much as $700 million in annual U.S. aid to the Palestinians if their leaders don’t begin serious peace negotiations with Israel, but the Palestinian leadership remained defiant.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/26/palestinians-are-taking-huge-risk-by-ignoring-trumps-threat-to-cut-off-us-aid.html


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January 30: Germany and other donors speed up funding for Palestinians after US aid cut

Following President Donald Trump's move to cut aid to the UN agency for Palestinians, 11 nations have rushed to deliver their funds early. The agency appealed for $800 million to provide aid to Palestinian refugees.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-other-donors-speed-up-funding-for-palestinians-after-us-aid-cut/a-42373586


February 8:
Trump Envoy Tells Palestinians to Stop Denying Jewish History

On Tuesday, Abbas addressed a Palestinian youth festival and repeatedly told the young Arabs that Jerusalem is and always has been a city for Muslims and Christians. No mention of Jews.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/Default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=33348

February 9: Trump's Palestine deal is a real estate transaction
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-palestine-deal-real-estate-transaction-180208103112105.html

February 9:
Trump-Linked Extremist Settlers Try to Kidnap Palestinian Kids ... Extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank attempted to kidnap two Palestinian children aged 10 and 14 from a West Bank village during the presence of Israeli occupation forces, local news outlets reported Thursday.
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Trump-Linked-Extremist-Settlers-Try-to-Kidnap-Palestinian-Kids-20180209-0006.html

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February 11: Trump: Neither Israelis nor Palestinians looking to make peace
http://myfox8.com/2018/02/11/president-trump-neither-israelis-nor-palestinians-looking-to-make-peace/

February 11: Severe Humanitarian Crisis in Occupied Palestine looms with Trump Cuts
https://www.juancole.com/2018/02/humanitarian-occupied-palestine.html

February 11:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged India's commitment to the Palestinian people's interests during a visit to the West Bank, the first by an Indian premier.

"I have once again assured President Abbas that India is bound by a promise to take care of the Palestinian people's interests," Modi said following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/11/551981/Palestine-India-Narendra-Modi

February 11: House Democrats urge Trump to back aid for Palestinian refugees
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/house-democrats-urge-trump-back-aid-palestinian-refugees


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February 20: "The United States knows the Palestinian leadership was very unhappy with the decision to move our embassy to Jerusalem," [Ambassador Nikki] Haley said.

"You don't have to like that decision. You don't have to praise it. You don't even have to accept it. But know this: that decision will not change," she added.

... her message at the UN Security Council went unheard by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who opted to leave the chamber prior to Haley's remarks.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/politics/haley-un-speech-abbas/index.html

May 29: Gaza militants launch mortars, rockets at Israel, which responds with airstrikes

There have been no reports of any fatalities or injuries arising from Israel's airstrikes from either the Palestinian Ministry of Health or from the militant groups themselves.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/middleeast/gaza-israel-airstrikes-intl/

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September 7: A State Department official told NPR the administration is pulling $25 million it had planned to give to the East Jerusalem Hospital Network, a group of six hospitals, some church-run, providing care primarily to Palestinians.

In past years, U.S. funding covered medical costs for Palestinians to go to these hospitals for treatment unavailable in the West Bank and Gaza — from cardiac and eye surgeries to neonatal intensive care and children's dialysis, according to the World Health Organization.

President Trump said he's cut aid for the Palestinians to pressure them on a peace deal with Israel.
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645682793/new-cuts-in-medical-aid-to-palestinians-by-trump-administration

September 10: There’s a lot unsaid in the State Department statement about closing the Palestinian office in D.C.

The announcement says that the Palestinian Liberation Organization has "refused to engage with the U.S." on peace efforts.
https://thinkprogress.org/state-dept-close-palestinian-office-condemning-trumps-peace-plan-a1a0eab58168/

September 26: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wanted a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the clearest expression yet of his administration's support for such an outcome.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-explicitly-backs-two-state-solution-palestinian-israeli-conflict-n913261


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December 10: Friedman disappointed with reactions of some US Jews to Trump

"We don't give money to the Palestinians any more, and we won't until there is change," he said.

US Ambassador David Friedman is disappointed with the reactions of some American Jews to what President Donald Trump is doing vis-à-vis Israel.

Friedman has found such reactions “frustrating, disappointing and hurtful,” but at the same time is unwilling to give up on American Jews. “Some are misguided but they mean well,” he said on Monday at the annual fall luncheon of the Na’avah Tehilla Emunah chapter in Jerusalem.
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Friedman-disappointed-in-reactions-of-some-American-Jews-to-Trump-573961

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March 4: Trump’s Cuts To Aid For Palestinians Have Totally Disrupted Women’s Breast Cancer Treatments

More than 1,000 women who had mammograms done through a US-funded program and were flagged for follow-ups have had to seek other treatment options.

Women confronting breast cancer are being hit hard after the Trump administration stopped USAID programs benefiting Palestinians, say aid groups, doctors, health care workers, and patients.

The US effectively stopped government aid programs benefiting Palestinians in February, and humanitarian aid groups and hospital administrators in Gaza and Jerusalem say aid cuts are doing serious harm to vulnerable patients at a time when health care systems used by Palestinians are already heavily strained.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/palestinian-women-breast-cancer-trump-usaid-aid-cuts-gaza
-- 2020 --

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